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I'n creating my first game in pygame and i need help on showing up a screen when i press any key [duplicate]

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As i mention, i'm super new in pygame and need help with this. I'm just testing the pygame commands, and want to show up a white screen with a message whenever i initialize the game and press any key, but apparently, it's not working. Here's my code:
# pygame template
import pygame
# import random
WIDTH = 400
HEIGHT = 500
FPS = 60
TITLE = 'My Game'
FONT_NAME = 'SNAKE/DinoTopia.ttf'
# define colors
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
GREEN = (0, 255, 0)
BLUE = (0, 0, 255)
# initialize pygame and create window
pygame.init()
pygame.mixer.init()
SCREEN = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH, HEIGHT))
pygame.display.set_caption(TITLE)
CLOCK = pygame.time.Clock()
# classes
class Main:
def __init__(self):
self.running = False
self.game_font = pygame.font.match_font(FONT_NAME)
def show_screen(self):
if self.running is True:
SCREEN.fill(WHITE)
self.draw_text('HELLO', 50, WIDTH/2, HEIGHT/2, BLUE)
pygame.display.flip()
self.wait_for_key()
def wait_for_key(self):
for key in pygame.event.get():
if key.type == pygame.KEYUP:
self.running = True
self.show_screen()
def draw_text(self, text, size, x, y, color):
font = pygame.font.Font(self.game_font, size)
text_surface = font.render(text, True, color)
text_rect = text_surface.get_rect()
text_rect.center = (x, y)
SCREEN.blit(text_surface, text_rect)
g = Main()
# game loop
running = True
while running:
# keep loop running at the right speed
CLOCK.tick(FPS)
# process input
for event in pygame.event.get():
# check for closing window
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
running = False
# update
# draw/ render
SCREEN.fill(BLACK)
g.wait_for_key()
# *after* drawing everything, flip the display
pygame.display.flip()
pygame.quit()
i know something may be wrong with the wait_for_key function but i can't see what it is, so a little help would be nice! thanks in advance!

show screen function is only called when a key is up. A single frame. You have to call it every frame. Also don't call pygame.event.get and pygame.display.flip more than once.
# pygame template
import pygame
# import random
WIDTH = 400
HEIGHT = 500
FPS = 60
TITLE = 'My Game'
FONT_NAME = 'SNAKE/DinoTopia.ttf'
# define colors
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = (0, 0, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
GREEN = (0, 255, 0)
BLUE = (0, 0, 255)
# initialize pygame and create window
pygame.init()
pygame.mixer.init()
SCREEN = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH, HEIGHT))
pygame.display.set_caption(TITLE)
CLOCK = pygame.time.Clock()
# classes
class Main:
def __init__(self):
self.running = False
self.game_font = pygame.font.match_font(FONT_NAME)
def show_screen(self):
if self.running:
SCREEN.fill(WHITE)
self.draw_text('HELLO', 50, WIDTH/2, HEIGHT/2, BLUE)
def wait_for_key(self, events):
for event in events:
if event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
self.running = True
def draw_text(self, text, size, x, y, color):
font = pygame.font.Font(self.game_font, size)
text_surface = font.render(text, True, color)
text_rect = text_surface.get_rect()
text_rect.center = (x, y)
SCREEN.blit(text_surface, text_rect)
g = Main()
# game loop
running = True
while running:
# keep loop running at the right speed
CLOCK.tick(FPS)
# process input
events = pygame.event.get()
for event in events:
# check for closing window
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
running = False
# update
# draw/ render
SCREEN.fill(BLACK)
g.wait_for_key(events)
g.show_screen()
# *after* drawing everything, flip the display
pygame.display.flip()
pygame.quit()

Display not appearing

this is one of my first pygame scripts and its a template idea for a loading screen. Just want something basic that opens when run and closes when a key is pressed. I'm not getting any error messages when run and the display does not pop up. How would I get this script to open up that display and wait for that key press?
import pygame, sys
from pygame.locals import *
# Create the Constants
FPSCLOCK = 30
WINDOWWIDTH = 640
WINDOWHEIGHT = 480 # this is my laptops resolution
BLACK = ( 0, 0, 0)
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BGCOLOR = BLACK
def main(): # includes the entire game process
global FPSCLOCK, DISPLAYSURF, BASICFONT # Use Global Constants Here
pygame.init()
FPSCLOCK = pygame.time.Clock()
DISPLAYSURF = pygame.display.set_mode((WINDOWWIDTH, WINDOWHEIGHT))
BASICFONT = pygame.font.SysFont('amethystoriginal', 16)
pygame.display.set_caption('Find your stuff!')
while True:
showLoadingScreen()
def showLoadingScreen():
loadingFont = pygame.font.SysFont('amethystoriginal', 100)
loadingSurf1 = loadingFont.render('Find your stuff!', True, WHITE)
while True:
DISPLAYSURF.fill(BGCOLOR)
loadingRect1 = loadingSurf1.get_rect()
loadingRect1.center = (WINDOWWIDTH / 2, WINDOWHEIGHT / 2)
DISPLAYSURF.blit(loadingSurf1, loadingRect1)
drawPressKeyMsg()
if checkForKeyPress():
pygame.event.get()
return
pygame.display.update()
FPSCLOCK.tick(FPS)
def drawPressKeyMsg():
pressKeySurf = BASICFONT.render('Press a key to search.', True, DARKGRAY)
pressKeyRect = pressKeySurf.get_rect()
pressKeyRect.topleft = (WINDOWWIDTH - 200, WINDOWHEIGHT - 30)
DISPLAYSURF.blit(pressKeySurf, pressKeyRect)
def checkForKeyPress():
if len(pygame.event.get(QUIT)) > 0:
terminate()
keyUpEvents = pygame.event.get(KEYUP)
if len(keyUpEvents) == 0:
return None
if keyUpEvents[0].key == K_ESCAPE:
terminate()
return keyUpEvents[0].key
def terminate():
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()

The declaration of DARKGRAY and FPS as a call to main() seems to be missing in this code. Other than that, the application works fine for me.

How to clear up all the text on my display

I’m the first time to ask on stack overflow! I’m a 12-year-old boy who living in Hong Kong, so if my English was wrong, please tell me and please don’t keep in mind. Apart from that, I’m a newer of Python. I don’t know that the meaning of the code. Can everyone making a # to tell me the meaning? Thank you!!
I am doing a project that use Python. Also, for the display, I use Pygame too. But there have some problem with the displays.
Here is my testing code:
# install pygame
import pygame
from pygame import *
pygame.init()
# play music
mixer.init()
mixer.music.load("game_music.mp3")
mixer.music.play()
# colour
red = (255, 0, 0)
green = (0, 255, 0)
blue = (0, 0, 255)
grass_green = (112, 173, 71)
white = (255, 255, 255)
black = (0, 0, 0)
# screen settings
window = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 600))
window.fill(grass_green)
pygame.display.set_caption("What's Your Number?")
# fonts settings
default_font = pygame.font.get_default_font()
font_a = pygame.font.Font(default_font, 57)
font_b = pygame.font.Font(default_font, 30)
font_c = pygame.font.Font(default_font, 18)
# text
title = font_a.render("What's Your Number?", 1, white)
enter_to_start = font_b.render("Press the Enter to start", 1, white)
random_mode = font_a.render("Random Mode", 1, black)
your_mode = font_a.render("Your Mode", 1, black)
des_random_1 = font_c.render("The PC choose a random number for you to", 1, black)
des_random_2 = font_c.render("guess! Can you guess it correct?", 1, black)
des_your = font_c.render("Pick a number and let you friends to guess!", 1, black)
random_control = font_b.render("Press the up arrow", 1, black)
your_control = font_b.render("Press the down arrow", 1, black)
# image
up_arrow = pygame.image.load("up_arrow_new.png")
down_arrow = pygame.image.load("down_arrow_new.png")
def blit_img(img, x, y):
window.blit(img, (x, y))
# game
game = False
temp = True
while not game:
if temp:
window.blit(title, (10, 150))
window.blit(enter_to_start, (160, 350))
pygame.display.flip()
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_KP_ENTER:
temp = False
window.fill(grass_green)
pygame.draw.rect(window, red, [50, 50, 540, 225])
pygame.draw.rect(window, blue, [50, 325, 540, 225])
window.blit(random_mode, (55, 65))
window.blit(des_random_1, (55, 150))
window.blit(des_random_2, (55, 200))
window.blit(random_control, (55, 240))
blit_img(up_arrow, 450, 150)
window.blit(your_mode, (55, 335))
window.blit(des_your, (55, 425))
window.blit(your_control, (55, 515))
blit_img(down_arrow, 450, 425)
pygame.display.flip()
if event.key == pygame.K_UP or event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
if temp == False:
temp = True
window.fill(grass_green)
pygame.display.flip()
if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
game = True
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
game = True
I want to make it just like a book or a PowerPoint to have pages. In this code, my problem is that the text which displayed cannot erase and blit the new text on it. Can someone help me? Thank you very much!!

I'd fill the window every frame and then render and blit the current text. The texts can be stored in a list and the current text can be accessed with an index variable that you increment in the event loop.
import pygame
pygame.init()
white = (255, 255, 255)
black = (0, 0, 0)
window = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 600))
clock = pygame.time.Clock() # A clock to limit the frame rate.
font = pygame.font.Font(None, 57) # Use the default font.
texts = ['Hello', "what's", 'up?']
text_index = 0
done = False
while not done:
# Handle events.
for event in pygame.event.get():
# Allow the user to quit by clicking on the 'X' button.
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
done = True
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key in (pygame.K_KP_ENTER, pygame.K_RETURN):
# Make sure that we don't get an IndexError.
if text_index < len(texts)-1:
# Increment the index.
text_index += 1
# Insert additional game logic here.
# Finally draw everything.
window.fill(white) # Use fill to clear the window.
what_I_say = font.render(texts[text_index], True, black)
window.blit(what_I_say, (10, 150))
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(30) # Limit the frame rate to 30 FPS.
If you really only need to update the window when the user wants to switch to the next page (an event occurs), you could also use pygame.event.wait instead of pygame.event.get.

The way to remove previous stuff in pygame is to draw the background and everything you want to keep over it. In this case, you want to remove the Hello, so you will have to stop pygame from drawing it, and then draw the background over it
It should look like this:
import pygame
pygame.init()
#colour settings
white = (255, 255, 255)
black = (0, 0, 0)
red = (255, 0, 0)
green = (0, 255, 0)
blue = (0, 0, 255)
#making a screen(display)
window = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 600))
window.fill(green)
# fonts settings
default_font = pygame.font.get_default_font()
font = pygame.font.Font(default_font, 57)
temp = True
#the things I want to display
while True:
if temp:
what_I_say = font.render("Hello", 1, white)
window.blit(what_I_say, (10, 150))
pygame.display.flip()
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
temp = False
window.fill(green)
pygame.draw.rect(window, red, [50, 50, 540, 500])
The boolean temp marks whether to draw Hello. On pressing return (my keyboard doesn't have keypad enter), temp is set to false (so it will stop drawing Hello), the window is refilled with green (to cover the previous hello), and then a red rectangle is drawn.

Comparing keypressed to a char

I want to make some sort of typing game in python using pygame. So, if the key pressed character is the same as the character in the word, it should return true... Is there any way to do this in python?
For example:
the word is "cat", if the user presses the key 'c', then it returns true... and so on for the rest of the characters.
here's my main.py file
from time import sleep
import pygame
import random
import winsound
from words import Words
BLACK = ( 0, 0, 0)
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLUE = ( 0, 0, 255)
GREEN = ( 0, 255, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
pygame.init()
SCREEN_WIDTH = 800
SCREEN_HEIGHT = 600
done = False
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((SCREEN_WIDTH,SCREEN_HEIGHT))
w1 = Words(screen) #making a single word (for now) to see if typing works
while not done:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
done = True
screen.fill(WHITE)
w1.draw()
#attempting to write code here to compare word and user input
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(60)
pygame.init()
exit()
here's my words.py file
from random_words import RandomWords
import pygame
import random
from queue import *
rw = RandomWords()
class Words():
def __init__(self, screen):
self.screen = screen
self.x_point = 400
self.y_point = 400
self.word = rw.random_word() #generates a random word
self.queue = Queue() #was hoping to use the queue so that if the user types the char correctly in the right order, then the letter would change color or something (but that's further down the line)
for c in self.word: #iterate through randomized word..
self.queue.put(c) #add each char in randomized word to queue, for typing reasons
def getY(self):
return self.y_point
def draw(self):
#creates a new object
myfont = pygame.font.SysFont('Comic Sans MS' ,30)
#creates a new surface with text drawn on it
textsurface = myfont.render(self.word, False, (0,0,0))
self.screen.blit(textsurface,(self.x_point,self.y_point))

Event KEYDOWN has event.unicode, event.key, event.mod
You can compare
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.unicode == "a":
or even
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.unicode.lower() == "a":
to check "a" and "A"
To check char in word
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.unicode.lower() in your_word.lower():
Example code use event.unicode to render text with pressed keys.
BTW: It is not some Entry widget so it doesn't delete char when you press backspace.
import pygame
# --- constants ---
BLACK = ( 0, 0, 0)
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLUE = ( 0, 0, 255)
GREEN = ( 0, 255, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
SCREEN_WIDTH = 300
SCREEN_HEIGHT = 200
FPS = 5 # `FPS = 25` is enough for human eye to see animation.
# If your program don't use animation
# then `FPS = 5` or even `FPS = 1` can be enough
# --- main ---
# - init -
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((SCREEN_WIDTH,SCREEN_HEIGHT))
screen_rect = screen.get_rect()
# - objects -
font = pygame.font.SysFont(None, 30)
text = ""
text_image = font.render(text, True, GREEN)
text_rect = text_image.get_rect() # get current size
text_rect.center = screen_rect.center # center on screen
# - mainloop -
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
done = False
while not done:
# - events -
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
done = True
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
text += event.unicode
text_image = font.render(text, True, GREEN)
text_rect = text_image.get_rect() # get current size
text_rect.center = screen_rect.center # center on screen
# - draws -
screen.fill(BLACK)
screen.blit(text_image, text_rect)
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(FPS)
# - end -
pygame.quit() # <-- quit(), not init()

How do I make a rectangle in pygame that automatically moves to my mouse location?

I have been trying to make a rectangle that moves to my mouse location, but it doesn't seem to be working. Here is my code:
import random, pygame, sys, pickle, pygame.mouse, pygame.draw
from pygame.locals import *
pygame.mixer.init()
# R G B
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = ( 0, 0, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
GREEN = ( 0, 255, 0)
DARKGREEN = ( 0, 155, 0)
DARKGRAY = ( 40, 40, 40)
BGCOLOR = BLACK
pygame.init()
DISPLAYSURF = pygame.display.set_mode((WINDOWWIDTH, WINDOWHEIGHT))
DISPLAYSURF.fill(BLACK)
rectangle = pygame.draw.rect (DISPLAYSURF, DARKGREEN, Rect((100,100), (130,170)))
pygame.display.update()
while True:
DISPLAYSURF.fill(BLACK)
#print pygame.mouse.get_pos()
rectangle.move(pygame.mouse.get_pos())
pygame.display.update()
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == QUIT:
pygame.mixer.music.stop()
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
I try running the code, but I only see a green rectangle for a millisecond, and then it disappears.

You didn't assign any value to the variables WINDOWWIDTH and WINDOWHEIGHT. I have done some modifications to your code and it works well for me:
import random, pygame, sys, pickle, pygame.mouse, pygame.draw
from pygame.locals import *
pygame.mixer.init()
# R G B
WHITE = (255, 255, 255)
BLACK = ( 0, 0, 0)
RED = (255, 0, 0)
GREEN = ( 0, 255, 0)
DARKGREEN = ( 0, 155, 0)
DARKGRAY = ( 40, 40, 40)
BGCOLOR = BLACK
pygame.init()
WINDOWWIDTH = 500
WINDOWHEIGHT = 400
DISPLAYSURF = pygame.display.set_mode((WINDOWWIDTH, WINDOWHEIGHT))
rectangle = Rect(0, 0, 130, 170)
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == QUIT:
pygame.mixer.music.stop()
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
DISPLAYSURF.fill(BLACK)
rectangle.center = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
pygame.draw.rect(DISPLAYSURF, DARKGREEN, rectangle)
pygame.display.update()
I made a variable called rectangle where my Rect object is. Then in the while loop, I changed the center of the Rect object according to the position of the mouse. You have to redraw the rectangle each loop because the background color (black) fills the whole window and hides your rectangle.