You got some good feedback so far for choosing the right tool for the
job. I'd like to close the gap regarding Python and pygame, in case
you're interest is in using them even if they aren't what might be
considered the best tools for the job.
The audiovisual functions and event handling in pygame require a window
context. For example, if you want to play sounds you have to open a
window. Same with keyboard, mouse and joy events. If you're going to
open a window for any of these features, then it makes sense to use the
window for the full AV feature set.
pygame does have some niceties that could help with the spatial elements
of a 100% game, the geometry primitives and collision detection. You
have to model your game's play areas some way, and a spatial layout is
one way. There are other choices, so if this is the only reason then you
can shop around. Also the clock is very useful if a game wants any kind
of timing.
Python itself is just a great choice for anything that doesn't require
native binary performance. You could certainly use Python's stdio, or
third-party text libraries, with or without pygame (again, if pygame
offers some benefit).
I remember seeing an ASCII adventure game during a Pyweek <pyweek.org>,
and I think there were other attempts at text based games. You might
like to peruse the past competitions and see what they did.
On 6/17/2020 5:40 PM, 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
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