Help! with PyGame Tutorial – How to Build an Alien Abduction game

mutleypaws · January 4, 2024, 4:50pm

Hey everyone! I wanted to try out the new pygame tutorial but I am having a bit of an issue. I have cloned the repo for the original code so nothing is changed, but when I try and run the game, it won’t register any keyboard inputs so it is just stuck on the first start screen. If anyone has any ideas that would be great!

a2937 · January 4, 2024, 4:52pm

I’m not exactly sure what you’re referencing. Can you provide a link to the repository in question?

mutleypaws · January 4, 2024, 4:53pm

This is the tutorial and the github link is at the bottom

a2937 · January 4, 2024, 4:58pm

Did you remember to install pygame before you started running the python file?

mutleypaws · January 4, 2024, 4:59pm

yes pygame has been installed

a2937 · January 4, 2024, 5:01pm

Did you click on the game window after you booted up the game? The cursor could still hooked up to the console when the game boots up?

mutleypaws · January 4, 2024, 5:02pm

yeah I have clicked on the window and it still wont react to any keyboard inputs

a2937 · January 4, 2024, 5:09pm

You said you just started the tutorial. Can you show me the contents of “alien_game.py” in a spoiler for me?

mutleypaws · January 4, 2024, 5:10pm

github.com

jpromanonet/alien_abduction_game/blob/main/alien_game.py

import pygame
import random
import sys

def start_screen(screen):
    # Constants
    WIDTH, HEIGHT = 800, 600
    BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
    WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
    FONT_SIZE = 30

    # Font for displaying the text
    font = pygame.font.Font(None, FONT_SIZE)

    # Fill the screen with the background color
    screen.fill(BLACK)

    # Introduction text
    intro_text = [
        "Welcome, Alien Abductor!",

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so the contents I have are the exact same as in this one.

a2937 · January 4, 2024, 5:41pm

The thing is there has to be a faulty premise in there somewhere. Do you have all the required images? What does your console input and output look like?

system · July 5, 2024, 5:42am

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