“Python is an excellent language for rapid application
development and prototyping. With Pygame, a wrapper built around
SDL, the same can be true for games. In addition, because its built
on top of Python and SDL, Pygame is highly portable. The only
downside is it can be too slow for some computationally intensive
types of games. If your game is too slow, the particular
sub-routine(s) bringing down your execution speed can be rewritten
in C/C++.“This article is intended to be a short introduction and by no
means covers all there is to know about Pygame. Using a simple
Space Invaders-type game, I present what I feel are the
fundamentals of Pygame…”