Pygame Framework

pygame.quit()
Uninitialise all pygame modules.

Group()
A container class to hold multiple Sprite objects.

spritecollide()
List all the sprites in a group that collide with a specified sprite.

groupcollide()
Find all sprites that collide between two groups.

collide_mask()
Check if two sprites are colliding (using mask/transparency).

groups
A list of all the groups that contain this sprite.

update()
A method that can be overridden (in a derived class) to implement the behaviour of a sprite.

add()
Add this sprite to the specified group(s).

remove()
Remove this sprite from the specified group(s).

kill()
Remove the sprite from all groups.

add()
Add the specified sprite(s) to this group.

remove()
Remove the specified sprite(s) from this group.

has()
Check if specified sprite(s) are in this group.

update()
Call the update() method on all the sprites from this group.

draw()
Blit all the sprites images,

clear()
Draw the specified background over the sprites from this group.

empty()
Remove all sprites from this group.

quit()
uninitialise the display module.

set_mode()
Initialise a window or a screen for display using the specified size. This function returns a Surface object.

get_surface()
Get a reference to the currently set display surface.

flip()
Update the full display Surface to the screen.

update()
Update portions of the screen for software displays.

set_icon()
Change the system image for the display window.

set_caption()
Set the current window caption.

get_caption()
Get the current window caption.

get_window_size()
Return the size of the window or screen as a tuple: (width, height).

rect()
Draw a rectangle on the specified surface.

polygon()
Draw a polygon on the specified surface.

circle()
Draw a circle on the specified surface.

ellipse()
Draw an ellipse on the specified surface.

scale()
Resize the specified surface to a new resolution (width,height).

rotate()
Rotate a specified surface using a specified angle (in degrees).

convert()
Change the pixel format of this surface/image.

convert_alpha()
Change the pixel format of this surface/image including per pixel alphas to support opacity/transparency.

fill()
Fill this surface with a solid color

set_colorkey()
Set the transparent colorkey.

set_alpha()
Set the alpha value for the full Surface image. (To allow transparency)

get_width()
Get the width of this surface.

get_height()
Get the height of this surface.

get_rect()
Returns the rectangular area (Rect object) of this Surface.

get_at()
Set the colour value for a single pixel identified using its (x,y) coordinates.

width
Used to set or retrieve the width coordinates of the rectangle object.

height
Used to set or retrieve the height coordinates of the rectangle object.

copy()
Create a copy the rectangle object.

move()
Move a copy the rectangle object to the specified (x,y) coordinates.

inflate()
Grow or shrink the rectangle size.

collidepoint()
Check if a point (identified using (x,y) coordinates) is inside a rectangle.

colliderect()
Check if this rectangle object overlaps with another specified rectangle object.

collidelist()
Check if this rectangle object overlaps with any other specified rectangle objects.

set_underline()
To underline the text!

set_bold()
To render the text in bold!

set_italic()
To render the text in italic!

delay()
Pause the program for a specified amount of milliseconds.

get_ticks()
Return the number of milliseconds since pygame.init() was called.

set_timer()
Set an event type to appear on the event queue every given number of milliseconds.

Clock()
Create a clock object to help track time and set the desired frame rate.

get_time()
Return the number of milliseconds that passed between the previous two calls to Clock.tick().

get_fps()
Compute your game’s framerate (in frames per second) by averaging the last ten calls to Clock.tick().

get()
Get (and remove) all the events from the queue. Type(s) of events to be retrieved can be specified.

wait()
Wait for a single event from the queue. The event will be returned and removed from the queue. While the program is waiting it will sleep in an idle state.

clear()
Remove all events from the queue. Type(s) of events to be removed can be specified.

key
To find out which key has been pressed.

pos
To find out the position of the mouse cursor using (x,y) coordinates.

get_pos()
Returns the position of the mouse cursor, using (x,y) coordinates.

set_pos()
Sets the position of the mouse cursor, using (x,y) coordinates.

set_visible()
Hide or show the mouse cursor.

set_cursor()
Change the image for the mouse cursor.

get_mods()
Used to determine which modifier key(s) are being held.

name()
Returns the name (string value) of a key identifier.

unload()
Unload the currently loaded music to free up resources.

play()
Start the playback of the music stream.

rewind()
Reset the playback of the current music to the beginning.

pause()
Temporarily stop music playback.

unpause()
Resume the previously paused playback.

fadeout()
Stop music playback with a fading out effect over a specified number of milliseconds.

stop()
Stop the music playback.

get_volume()
Set the music volume to a value between 0.0 and 1.0.

set_volume()
Return the current volume for the music. The value will be between 0.0 and 1.0.

queue()
Queue a sound file to follow the current. Only one sound file can be queued at a time.

init()
Initialise the mixer module.

pause()
Temporarily stop playback of all sound channels.

unpause()
Resume paused playback of sound channels.

fadeout()
Fade out the volume on all sounds before stopping.

stop()
Stop playback of all sound channels.

quit()
Uninitialise the mixer.

Sound()
Create a new Sound object from a file or buffer object.

stop()
Stop sound playback.

fadeout()
Stop sound playback after fading out.

set_volume()
Set the playback volume for this Sound using a value between 0.0 and 1.0.

get_volume()
Get the playback volume for this Sound using a value between 0.0 and 1.0.

get_length()
Get the length in seconds of this Sound.