I built the exact same simple mini-game using both Pygame and Arcade to see how they compare for beginners. My takeaway is that while Pygame's loop structure is great for teaching absolute programming fundamentals, Arcade is vastly superior for actual game development. With its modern GPU acceleration, built-in physics engine, …
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Comparing two Python game development libraries: Pygame vs Arcade
Tuesday Daily Thread: Advanced questions
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Consistency of new unpacking syntax in 3.15?
Not sure if this question belongs here or if the flair is right, but I have a question.
You can now (3.15 and up, PEP 448) unpack nested lists and dictionaries with * and ** in comprehension expressions, for example:
>>> ranges = [range(i) for i in range(5)] …
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