Pygame - alternatives?

drwuro · 2019-12-13T11:54:07

Hi there, I love coding in Python and thus I have also used Pygame a lot. In general I love Pygame, because it works for the most part, and it's quite easy to use, and it runs on many platforms, including the Raspberry Pi. What I don't like about Pygame is that it seems like it's impossible to create rock-solid frame rates, which might have to do with the fact that it's still based on SDL1 and it seems like there is no option to turn VSync on. Also, SDL1 is quite old now and I'd prefer something more modern for various reasons. But it would be cool if it would also run on a Raspberry Pi (which doesn't support full OpenGL, meaning some libraries won't be an option). I've read about PySDL2, PySFML, also I've looked into Love2D which is of course Lua, but seems to be a widely used thing nowadays. But it's a bit hard to judge what's really well-supported and future-proof and so on. That's why I'm struggling a bit with deciding what to use in the future (or maybe just sticking to Pygame, despite its imperfections). Any suggestions?

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