Python - Pygame Simple SpriteSheet Animation

Submitted by razormist on Monday, December 18, 2017 - 22:14.

In this tutorial we will create a Simple SpriteSheet Animation. Pygame is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for creating games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language. This is a good opportunity for beginners to learn Pygame first when it comes in developing some games. So let's now do the coding...

Getting Started

First you will have to download & install the Python IDLE's, here's the link for the Integrated Development And Learning Environment for Python https://www.python.org/downloads/. After Python IDLE's is installed, open the command prompt then type "python -m pip install pygame", and hit enter. tut1

Importing Modules

After setting up the installation, run the IDLE and click file and then new file. After that a new window will appear containing a black file this will be the text editor for the python. Then copy code that I provided below and paste it inside the IDLE text editor

import pygame, sys, os
from pygame.locals import *

Writing The Variables

We will assign the a certain variables that we will need to declare later in the main loop. To do that just kindly write this code inside your text editor.

#Game Initialization
pygame.init()
 
#Center the Game Application
os.environ['SDL_VIDEO_CENTERED']='1'
 
# Game Resolution
screen_width=800
screen_height=600
screen=pygame.display.set_mode((screen_width, screen_height))
 
# Color
black=(0, 0, 0)
white=(255, 255, 255)
 
# Fonts
font="fonts/Gamer.ttf"
 
# Framerate
clock=pygame.time.Clock()
fps=12
 
 
# Image Files
image=pygame.image.load("images/sprite.png")
imageSize=image.get_size()
horiz_cell=6
vert_cell=1
cell_width=imageSize[0]/horiz_cell
cell_height=imageSize[1]/vert_cell
 
cell_list=[]
 
cell_position=0
 
# Slicing The Sprite Sheet 
for y in range(0, imageSize[1], int(cell_height)):
    for x in range(0, imageSize[0], int(cell_width)):
        surface = pygame.Surface((cell_width, cell_height))
        surface.blit(image, (0, 0),
                     (x, y, cell_width, cell_height))
        cell_list.append(surface)

Declaring Methods

We will now declare some methods to make it easier to call it in the main functions. This contains several function that can be use all through.

# Methods
def text_format(text, textFont, textSize, textColor):
    font=pygame.font.Font(textFont, textSize)
    newText=font.render(text, 0, textColor)
    return newText

Main Function

This is the Main Code for the Pygame application. The code contains a several function that will allow to render the application. To do that just write this code inside the IDLE text editor.

# Main Loop
while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type==pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()
 
    if cell_position < len(cell_list)-1:
        cell_position+=1
    else:
        cell_position=0
    title=text_format("Python - Pygame Simple SpriteSheet Animation", font, 40, white)
    titleRect=title.get_rect()
    screen.blit(title, (screen_width/2 - (titleRect[2]/2), 50))
    screen.blit(cell_list[cell_position], (300, 200))
    pygame.display.update()
    pygame.display.set_caption("Python - Pygame Simple SpriteSheet Animation")
    clock.tick(fps)

There you have it we successfully created a Simple SpriteSheet Animation using Pygame. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for and enhance your programming capabilities. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!!

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