Re: [pygame] Pygame, images, and Macs

2017-01-09 Thread Bob Irving
. It makes sense. But what we're wondering is if someone else has encountered this and knows a simple fix. The one thing that is recommended is to downgrade Python install, but we don't want to do that. TIA, Bob Irving On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Charles Cossé <cco...@gmail.com> wrote:

[pygame] Pygame, images, and Macs

2017-01-06 Thread Bob Irving
is that it is something in how either El Cap or Sierra processes image files that conflicts with pygame Has anyone found a solution? Bob Irving Porter-Gaud School Charleston, SC -- Twitter: @birv2 www.bob-irving.com http://www.scoop.it/t/on-the-digital-frontier Raspberry Pi Certified Educator

[pygame] sound files in pygame

2016-01-29 Thread Bob Irving
.. Size of file doesn't seem to matter. We're just doing pygame.mixer.Sound, then file.play(). Any suggestions more than welcome. TIA, Bob Irving Computer Science Porter-Gaud School Charleston, SC -- Twitter: @birv2 www.bob-irving.com http://www.scoop.it/t/on-the-digital-frontier

Re: [pygame] Function for keyboard movement

2015-10-10 Thread Bob Irving
I'll post a couple code samples from our students, and that will give everyone an idea of where we are and where we're headed Thanks again, Bob Irving Porter-Gaud School Charleston, SC On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 5:48 AM, Sam Bull <sam.hack...@sent.com> wrote: > I think there are a l

Re: [pygame] Function for keyboard movement

2015-10-07 Thread Bob Irving
are making the switch to Python/Pygame because no one has ever heard of Blitz Basic, and we thought it was perhaps time to update, since most of the world is moving to Python for introducing text-based coding. However, some of these things make us go hmmm Thanks in advance, Bob Irving Porter

[pygame] Function for keyboard movement

2015-10-06 Thread Bob Irving
but not to beginners. We've experimented with making a few functions to detect collisions, mouse clicks TIA, Bob Irving Porter-Gaud School Charleston, SC -- Twitter: @birv2 www.bob-irving.com http://www.scoop.it/t/on-the-digital-frontier

[pygame] Is there a file limit on sound files?

2015-09-14 Thread Bob Irving
e students are running Python in Win7 in a VirtualBox on their Macbooks I tried the same files on my native Win7 laptop and didn't encounter the same problem. Sound files played as expected. But I'm wondering if the sheer size of the files could be causing this error? TIA, Bob Irving -- Twitt

[pygame] Looking for an easy way to install pygame and python on macbook pro

2015-09-03 Thread Bob Irving
We are teaching classes in 9th grade and would LOVE to find an easy way to get pygame set up. So far, we have had no success. Lots of errors. We are running Yosemite. I'm sure there's an easy way, as with the PC version. Tried this from pygame.org, but no dice: Current Instructions Create and

Re: [pygame] Looking for an easy way to install pygame and python on macbook pro

2015-09-03 Thread Bob Irving
wrote "Import pygame" (w/o quotes). This is when it said it couldn't fine pygame. There was definitely an overlap of steps between what you have in your book and the instructions I followed from pygame.org. But not all the same. I'll try your method. Thanks again. Bob Irving Char

[pygame] Gracefully exiting with errors

2015-08-26 Thread Bob Irving
of the X, etc. We are ending our game loop with pygame.quit() sys.exit() Am I missing something? Thanks in advance, Bob Irving Porter-Gaud School Charleston, SC -- Twitter: @birv2 www.bob-irving.com http://www.scoop.it/t/on-the-digital-frontier

[pygame] Difference between flip and update?

2015-08-26 Thread Bob Irving
What is the difference? Is there a reason to use one over the other? Thanks! Bob Irving Porter-Gaud School Charleston, SC -- Twitter: @birv2 www.bob-irving.com http://www.scoop.it/t/on-the-digital-frontier