Hi Irv, If I recall correctly, the issue was that there aren't pre-built wheels for pygame with Python 3.8 - looking at the PyPI files ( https://pypi.org/project/pygame/#files ), it's only built for Windows at the moment. So it's not incompatible, but it's more complicated to install it on Linux & Mac than if you use Python 3.7.
>From what you say, a setup that you know works is probably preferable to using the latest Python version. Best wishes, Thomas On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 04:59, Irv Kalb <i...@furrypants.com> wrote: > I teach Python classes (now live online!) > > I'm getting to the point in my course where I use Pygame, and I want to > encourage my students to download and use it for projects. > > I have not upgraded my personal setup for a while. I am using Python > 3.7.3 with Pygame 1.9.6 on a Mac, and everything is working very well. > > But I've read here that Python 3.8 doesn't, or at least didn't, work with > the current version of Pygame. Is this still true? Would it be best to > have my students use the same set up as me with Python 3.7.x ? If not, > what are the proper versions to use? > > These are beginner students (mostly art students) - it is a stretch to > even get them to use pip. > > Thanks, > > Irv
