Pyglet

Overview

Pyglet is a cross-platform windowing and multimedia library for Python, designed for developing applications involving gaming, multimedia, and visualization. Its lightweight API provides access to windowing, OpenGL graphics, images, and audio.

Key features

• Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• No external dependencies or installation required
• Intuitive support for OpenGL graphics
• Image and audio loading capabilities
• Support for events and scheduled functions

Common use cases

• 2D and 3D games
• Multimedia applications
• Rich interactive applications
• Prototyping visual and audio applications
• Educational projects involving graphics and sound

Installation

pip install pyglet

Example

import pyglet

window = pyglet.window.Window()

@window.event
def on_draw():
    window.clear()
    pyglet.text.Label('Hello, Pyglet!',
                      font_name='Times New Roman',
                      font_size=36,
                      x=window.width//2, y=window.height//2,
                      anchor_x='center', anchor_y='center').draw()

pyglet.app.run()

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