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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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  1. …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
  2. 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
  3. …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
  4. 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?
  5. 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
  6. …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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Pyxel: https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
    comment by eivarv · 2020-10-27 · in Build a Game This November with GitHub Game Off
  10. …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?
  11. here another https://github.com/kitao/pyxel
    comment by amirouche · 2019-02-26 · in Ask HN: Any fun to program retro game engines?