Advantages of Pygame

[BenBach18]

Hi guys,

I have a quick question. What are the concrete advantages of Pygame? I can't find anything concrete except that it's easy...
Would help me a lot if you could tell me some advantages of Pygame.

Thanks in advance, with kind regards,

Jon

[ndc85430]

It sounds like you should first work out why you're asking this question. What are you planning to use it for? Does it meet those needs? What about alternatives? If there are advantages/disadvantages, you must be comparing it with other libraries, so in what you need it for, how does it meet your needs better than the others?

I don't think it's possible to give a generic answer about the advantages of one library over another, because they often have different reasons for being, goals, etc.. so advantages for one project may be disadvantages for another.

[michael1789]

The big advantages are that it allows you to handle graphics, collisions, player input and most of all, people here (including myself) are more familiar with pygame than other modules.

The point about others using pygame counts, because it's not "easy" and you'll likely have plenty of question. You'd still have to learn the coding stuff.

You COULD right your own graphics and math and time and event handler modules... oh, and sound/music mixer. If you don't want to take the "easy" route, you'll need to do all this all. Pygame has had 20 years and a lot of good coders working on it. The advantage is not having to do all that and instead write games.