Welcome to spygame’s documentation!

spygame is a python 2D game engine based on pygame and level-tmx files

Contents:

• 1. spygame - Quick Setup Instructions
  • 1.1. Get the code
  • 1.2. Get started
  • 1.3. Next steps and Full Documentation
  • 1.4. AI (Reinforcement Learning) with spygame
  • 1.5. Contribute to spygame
• 2. Introduction to spygame
  • 2.1. What is spygame?
  • 2.2. Main Features
    • 2.2.1. Simple, yet Powerful
    • 2.2.2. Built-In Complex Physics
    • 2.2.3. Example Levels from “The Lost Vikings” Universe
    • 2.2.4. Support for Academic AI and Reinforcement Learning
• 3. How to build a Platformer with spygame
  • 3.1. Level tmx-files
  • 3.2. Layers
    • 3.2.1. Tilesets
    • 3.2.2. The Collision Layer
    • 3.2.3. The Background Layer
    • 3.2.4. The Foreground Layer
    • 3.2.5. The Object Layer
  • 3.3. Keyboard Event Setup
  • 3.4. Code to get Level Running
• 4. Adding more Things to our Platformer
  • 4.1. Converting our Stairs into Slopes
  • 4.2. Fixing the Foreground Layer and Preparing for Ladders
  • 4.3. Adding Ladders to the Levels
  • 4.4. Adding Dangerous Quicksand to the Level
  • 4.5. Adding a Repeater for an even better 3D Effect
  • 4.6. Adding an Additional Viking to the Level
  • 4.7. Adding a Movable Rock
  • 4.8. Adding an Elevator
  • 4.9. Adding a Fire Spitter
  • 4.10. Adding Monsters
• 5. How to code against spygame
• 6. Spygame API Reference Documentation
  • 6.1. Core API
  • 6.2. Example Classes:
    • 6.2.1. The Lost Vikings

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page