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A retro game engine for Python
22 mentions on Hacker News by 21 people: 11 stories, 11 comments · first 2018-07-29 · latest 2026-10-01
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Show HN: Pyxel – A Python retro game engine with built-in art and sound editorsstory by kitao · 2026-10-01 · 11 comments
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…unmaintained. BTW: a modern, maintained alternative (With Python instead of Lua) would be Pyxel ( https://github.com/kitao/pyxel -> discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40899520 ).
comment by fermigier · 2024-10-27 · in SDL-based Lua programming environment for kids similar to Codea -
If pygamelib interests you, you might also be interested in Pyxel: https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
comment by troymc · 2024-07-23 · in A (not so) small library for terminal based game development -
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Pyxel: A retro game engine for Pythonstory by nateb2022 · 2024-07-07 · 39 comments
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…Pyxel. It has similar retro / pixel art limitations, a built-in sprite editor, music tracker, etc. https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
comment by vunderba · 2024-02-16 · in Show HN: Driftmania – an open source PICO-8 racing game -
https://github.com/kitao/pyxel - "A retro game engine for Python", is quite popular in the education sphere, AFAICT.
comment by fermigier · 2024-01-18 · in Ask HN: 9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do? -
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Pyxel is a retro game engine for Pythonstory by ibobev · 2023-11-25 · 0 comments
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There's also these: - https://github.com/kitao/pyxel (Python) - https://github.com/minigdx/tiny (Lua)
comment by dicytea · 2023-09-13 · in LÖVE: a framework to make 2D games in Lua -
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Kitao/pyxel: A retro game engine for Pythonstory by rcarmo · 2023-01-03 · 0 comments
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…compiling to WASM (or even full python). Or... just use a python tool inspired by PICO-8: https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
comment by qbasic_forever · 2022-11-22 · in MicroPython officially becomes part of the Arduino ecosystem -
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Pyxel: A retro game engine for Pythonstory by memorable · 2022-08-16 · 0 comments
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Pyxel: A retro game engine for Pythonstory by hidden-spyder · 2021-10-03 · 0 comments
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There's also Pyxel: https://github.com/kitao/pyxel Similar, but no paid version at all, and you can write as much Python as you want.
comment by brandonce · 2021-07-05 · in Pico-8 API Cheatsheet -
Another one in Python. Also cool: https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
comment by tonetheman · 2020-11-10 · in A Pico-8 story: How the fantasy console unlocked Frédéric Souchu’s dreams -
Pyxel: https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
comment by eivarv · 2020-10-27 · in Build a Game This November with GitHub Game Off -
…Pyxel - A fantasy game engine similar to Pico8 written in Python, uses SDL https://github.com/kitao/pyxel Wicked Engine - Haven't poked around much with this yet but the screenshots looks gorgeous https://github.com/turanszkij/Wicked
comment by accidentalrebel · 2020-04-05 · in Ask HN: What are you learning? -
here another https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
comment by amirouche · 2019-02-26 · in Ask HN: Any fun to program retro game engines? -
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Pyxel: A retro game development environment in Pythonstory by autocorr · 2018-08-02 · 63 comments
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Pyxel: A retro game development environment in Pythonstory by trueduke · 2018-07-31 · 1 comment
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Kitao/pyxel: A retro game development environment in Pythonstory by axiomdata316 · 2018-07-31 · 0 comments
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Pyxel: a retro gaming console in Pythonstory by mariuz · 2018-07-30 · 0 comments
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Pyxel: a retro gaming console in Pythonstory by pjmlp · 2018-07-29 · 0 comments