Re: [pygame] Pygame vs. PyOpenGL

[Damien Miller <djm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Jonathan McLean wrote:

> Hey guys,
>   I am new to this list, and to the developer community in general
> (most of my coding comes from server side scripting, namely php, not
> program development).  I am looking to program a python game, and I
> wish to know the differences between pyopengl and pygame.  I
> understand that at the basic level, pyopengl allows for hardware
> rendering of graphics, and pygame allows for software rendering of
> graphics.  I also know that pyopengl is simply the binding for opengl
> in python and that I would actually be programming in opengl, not
> python really.  So i guess with the foundation out of the way, what
> are some of the more in depth arguments for or against either one, or
> for or against the integration of both into the same project.

The combination of both works very well: pygame for input handling, 
sound, etc. and pyopengl for the graphics.

-d