raylib-py

A python binding for the great C library raylib.

WARNING: This project is in a semi discontinued state.

Plase, read this issue for more information.

I intend to use this repository only to make new package distribution releases. No specific changes in the source will be made.

Release Information:

The current release was made as output of another project, as mentioned in #45.

Features:

• PEP8 naming convention only:

  Structure attributes are in snake_case, classes and other types in PascalCase.

• Type hinting (not type annotation):

  def get_ray_collision_mesh(ray, mesh, transform):
      # type: (Ray, Mesh, Matrix) -> RayCollision

• structures with functions as methods and properties:

  sound = Sound.load('my/resorces/sound.wav')     # same as load_sound(...)
  position = Vector(4.0, 10.0)
  
  # later...
  sound.play()                                    # same as play_sound(sound)
  length = position.length                        # same as vector2length(position); uses raymath.h functions

• Vector{2,3,4}, Rectangle and Color have attribute swizzling;

  vec3 = Vector3(2.0, 5.0, 3.0)
  vec2 = vec3.zxy                 # vec2 is a Vector2, not a sequence type
  other_vec3 = vec2.xxy           # same thing: other_vec3 is a Vector3
  vec2.xy = vec3.y, other_vec3.z  # sequences can be set as values
  
  c_red = Color(255, 0, 0)
  c_yellow = c_red.rrb
  
  # Rectangles have aliases for width and height: w and h respectively:
  rect = Rectangle(10.0, 10.0, 320.0, 240.0)
  other_rect = rect.whxy          # swizzling is only allowed when using four attributes, not 3 nor 2

• Pretty printing: most structures implement __str__() and __repr__() in a friendly way;

• Context managers: begin_* and end_* functions can be called as context managers:

  Without context managers:

  # this example shows a rendering step
  
  begin_drawing()
  
  begin_texture_mode(minimap_texture)
  # render the "minimap"
  draw_line(2, 2, 5, 5, RED)
  end_texture_mode(minimap_texture)
  
  begin_mode2d(main_camera)
  # 2d drawing logic...
  draw_texture(minimap_texture, 10, 10, WHITE)
  end_mode2d()
  
  end_drawing()

  With context managers:

  # this example shows a rendering step
  
  with drawing():
  
      with texture_mode(minimap_texture):
          # render the minimap
          draw_line(2, 2, 5, 5, RED)
  
      with mode2d(main_camera):
          # 2d drawing logic...
          draw_texture(minimap_texture, 10, 10, WHITE)

• Context managers for some structures: Camera{2,3}D, Shader and others;

  Folowing the example above:

  # this example shows a rendering step
  
  with drawing():
  
      with minimap_texture:
          # render the minimap
          draw_line(2, 2, 5, 5, RED)
  
      with main_camera:
          # 2d drawing logic...
          draw_texture(minimap_texture, 10, 10, WHITE)

• RLGL and RayMath functions exposed

  Includes all symbols in raymath.h and rlgl.h

Issues:

• Callback for logging will not work

  I've no good workaround for wrapping C functions with variable number of arguments. If you know how to solve this issue, your help would be appreciated.

• Functions with vararg will not work

  For the reason above.

• Avoid string manipulation functions

  For the reason above, also because some functions involve memory allocation and manual freeing of resources. Python string methods can provide you with same and more functionality.

• Some examples are broken due to API changes

  There was some function renaming, some changes in the examples to update to newer releases.

Would you like to have a more customized binding for raylib?

Again, in issue 45 I explain the actual state of this project in more detail.

It my seems like bad news but actually it is the contrary.

Please, take a look at this project: raylibpyctbg