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pythonarcade
arcade
Python2020–2024
pythonarcade / arcade

arcade

Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.

3Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
2.1KGitHub stars
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What it is

Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-10-30 18:52:34 UTC to 2024-09-04 01:35:01 UTC.

012020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I think Python Arcade (https://github.com/pythonarcade/arcade) is/was a bit more active, right? https://arcade.academy/pygame_comparison.html When I checked PyGame, that was ages ago, and it looked a lot like a (higher-level) SDL wrapper to me, but more Pythonic. Although, coming from C++ and having used SDL before, I decided to use a more direct SDL wrapper instead. So I created my own simple ctypes-based wrapper (https://github.com/albertz/PySDL). But this is not really updated, and there are newer ones (e.g. https://github.com/marcusva/py-sdl2). Anyway, I don't want to say these are better. It's great that PyGame is still active (again). It's great to have such simple libraries to write games. Also for educational purpose, or just for fun. E.g. I wrote this (https://github.com/albertz/PyOverheadGame).
In Pygame 2.0

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