Tutorial for PyGL2D

This tutorial shows how to use the basics of PyGL2D.

Step 1: Importing

Place the folder containing the pygl2d library (pygl2d/pygl2d) in your game directory. Then in the top of your game file type

import pygl2d

Run the script, and if you get no tracebacks, it worked =)

Step 2: Setting up the Window

After you import pygl2d, type this line in.

pygl2d.window.init((640, 480), caption="My Cool Game")

Voila! That's all you need to do to setup the window. The first value, (640, 480), is the screen dimensions. The second value, "My Cool Game", is the caption for the window.

Step 3: Drawing Images

This step is a bit longer. After you setup the window, put some random image in the same dir as your game file. Then call:

image = pygl2d.image.Image(yourimagefilename)

And you just loaded an image! Huzzah! Now let's create a loop.

running = 1
while running:

    for e in pygame.event.get():
        if e.type == QUIT:
            running = 0
        if e.type == KEYDOWN and e.key == K_ESCAPE:
            running = 0

Okay, awesome! We have a loop that will quit if you press the X or Escape button. Now we can draw the images

Under the event loop, add

    #Call this before you begin drawing with pygl2d
    pygl2d.window.begin_draw()

    #Draw the image!
    image.draw([0, 0])

    #Call this after you finish drawing with pygl2d
    pygl2d.window.end_draw()

And there you have it! When you run this script you should see an image being drawn on the screen. See the docs/ for image transformations, primitives drawing, and more!