Thanks to everyone for the information. Sounds like the best plan for now, is to get students to use the same setup as me.
Irv > On Mar 23, 2020, at 9:52 PM, 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