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Pygame Basics

Create a game window, draw shapes, and handle keyboard input

Pygame Basics

Python

import pygame, sys
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit(); sys.exit()
    screen.fill((0,0,0))
    pygame.draw.circle(screen, (50,100,220), (400,300), 40)
    pygame.display.flip()
    clock.tick(60)

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