Thank you for those links, it does look very interesting for what I have in mind.
Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pygame-us...@seul.org <owner-pygame-us...@seul.org> On > Behalf Of Nicholas H.Tollervey > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 3:02 PM > To: pygame-users@seul.org > Subject: Re: [pygame] Can the pygame infrastructure be used for non-graphical > text-mode games? > > The wonderful Dan Pope (lordmauve), who also runs PyWeek, wrote this funky > project that sounds exactly like what you're looking for: > > https://github.com/lordmauve/adventurelib > > Documentation here: > > https://adventurelib.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ > > Dan is a developer I have a huge amount of respect for (he's also a buddy > too), > and I believe the quality of his code will be good, the documentation > comprehensive and he'd be open to feedback, bug reports and suggestions. > > For what it's worth, I'm currently writing a simple MUD engine in Python (a > multi-user text based adventure game), which I'll be presenting at EuroPython > in > just over a month > (https://ep2020.europython.eu/talks/AGaSaW8-how-to-run-a-corridor-track-in- > a-remote-conference-with-python/) > > Best of luck. > > On 18/06/2020 01:40, pjfarl...@earthlink.net wrote: > > A lot of the old "adventure" games and similar game efforts from the > > very early days of computing were strictly text-mode games with no > > graphics used (or needed) at all. > > > > The old code base for such games wasn't always very well organized or > > designed, they just (mostly) worked. I had a thought that updating > > such a game's design and structure with more modern design principles > > and supporting architecture would be an interesting exercise. > > > > Is it possible to use the pygame infrastructure to implement > > text-mode-only games? Without having to pick window sizes and > > resolutions and set fonts and font sizes, etc., etc., on a graphical > > surface? > > > > IOW, can the pygame keyboard input and screen output processes be > > replaced with simple python raw_input() and print() calls? > > > > Or am I just looking at the wrong library to use for such games? > > > > TIA for your advice and opinion. > > > > Peter --
