Multimedia-Programmierung
                                  Übung 2
                  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
                           Sommersemester2018
      Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München             Multimedia-Programmierung  – 2 - 1
       Today
                                  … oldie but goldie
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         •  Sam Lantinga, 1998: Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 
            framework, to simplify porting games among platforms
             – Commonandsimple waytocreatedisplaysandprocessinput
               abstracting from platform particularities
             – Originally written in C
         •  Pygameisa language binding for SDL to the Python 
            language
                Download: http://pygame.org/docs/ref/index.html
        Literature: W. McGugan, Beginning Game Development with Python and
        Pygame, Apress 2007
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         Pygame Modules
       pygame.cdromAccesses and controls               pygame.musicWorks with music and 
       CD drives                                       streaming audio 
       pygame.cursors Loads cursor images              pygame.overlayAccesses advanced 
       pygame.displayAccesses the display              video overlays 
       pygame.drawDraws shapes, lines, and             pygameContains high-level Pygame 
       points                                          functions 
       pygame.event Manages external                   pygame.rect Manages rectangular 
       events                                          areas 
       pygame.font Uses system fonts                   pygame.sndarray Manipulates sound 
       pygame.imageLoads and saves an                  data 
       image                                           pygame.sprite Manages moving images 
       pygame.joystick Uses joysticks and              pygame.surface Manages images and 
       similar devices                                 the screen 
       pygame.key Reads key presses from               pygame.surfarray Manipulates image 
       the keyboard                                    pixel data 
       pygame.mixer Loads and plays sounds             pygame.time Manages timing and 
       pygame.mouseManages the mouse                   frame rate 
       pygame.movie Plays movie files                  pygame.transform Resizes and moves 
                                                       images
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