Then it should install to a successful completion. Start a terminal window (Click the windows button, type “term”, click the “Command Prompt” app. The github version is 2.0.1 and it has updated links to download the packages from the pygames server instead. You ask: (Why are we downloading from github instead of ?Īnswer: At the time of this tutorials creation the most recent version available on this page is pygame-1.9.6.tar.gz ~ 3.1M, and this package uses a bitbucket account as part of the build process that is no longer available. In the second text field select the “Compiler\Pygames” directory you created. On the new dialog box, click “URL”, then enter the URL in the first text field. In GitHubDesktop, select “File, Clone Repository” (Including the search in case the url changes in the future.)Ĭlick the “Code” button, and copy the URL. In a browser search for “GitHub Pygames” and you should end up at this account.
** If you do this out of order, you will probably get an error at the end of the install, I’ve included that solution above, to save you some frustration.
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Install PyGame – Using GitHub ***** Only install pygames one way, either use github and the manual install or pip.
It can take a couple hours if your internet is slow, or your computer is slow. ) When you have the right packages selected and start the install, the total space required will be over 2 Gigs. Just read the list that loads on the right and it should mention game development and a year. (Sorry I already have everything installed so I can’t give you a screen shot. Then on the right select two additional items for game development, they are from previous years, and provide backwards compatibility for different libraries. Select “Universal Windows Platform build tools” in the left hand box. Then the program will load the “Visual Studio Installer”. It will prompt you to download an installer (vs_BuildTools.exe), which you will run after it’s downloaded. (these may change in the future, go with the flow, see where you end up, click around if you have to, to find what you need.) The error at this time tells us to go to Screen Capture of error when installing PyGame without the build tools. Install these next to avoid errors later. ***** This program helps you install and manage packages for python. In the terminal windows in your Compilers/Python directory type this command: More detailed python install directions here (Insert link later). Install Python.Ĭhange the install directory to be the Compilers\Python directory you just created. ** this is to simplify the path to the files you will need to access later. In the Compiler directory, create the directories PyGame, Python, and Eclipse. Step 1 – Easy to remember paths.Ĭreate a directory in C or on another drive called Compilers. I’m dsylexic, and a linux user, check the slashes in my notes, I may get them backwards when I’m writing up the notes. The goal is to keep this short and simple. The tutorial has been started for my nephew who is working on a pygame school project.
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*** note this is a rough draft of the steps taken to install on a windows 10 laptop, and some commentary. Building Escape Game (Escape Room Example).