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![Overview of Structure
Window class
Subclass of Pyglet window class
User interaction, movement, rendering
Model class
Models the world as blocks in 3D grid
“The Whole World is an (x, y, z) Dictionary”
Dictionary world[position]
Where position is tuple (x, y, z)
Each entry contains texture such as](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pygletandminecraftpyconuk-130920084510-phpapp02/75/Minecraft-in-500-lines-with-Pyglet-PyCon-UK-8-2048.jpg)
![Sect0rization
Technique used to speed up rendering of
world – only render nearby sectors
Sector = 16x16 2D region of world
In Model, dictionary sectors[sector]
maps from sector to list of positions in that
sector
Track player position in sector
If player moves between sectors, determine
which adjacent sectors to show – see
change_sectors()](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pygletandminecraftpyconuk-130920084510-phpapp02/75/Minecraft-in-500-lines-with-Pyglet-PyCon-UK-19-2048.jpg)
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Minecraft in 500 lines with Pyglet - PyCon UK
This document discusses implementing Minecraft in Python using the Pyglet library. It explains that Pyglet is a 3D gaming library that provides a simple OpenGL wrapper. The document outlines the key components of the Python Minecraft code, including a Window class that handles user interaction and rendering, and a Model class that represents the game world as blocks in a 3D grid stored in a dictionary. It also describes techniques like sectorization to speed up rendering by only drawing nearby regions of the world.
Minecraft in 500 lines with Pyglet - PyCon UK
- 1. Minecraft in 500lines of Python Richard Donkin @rdonkin cloudfindhq.com
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- 3. Why Python? Easy towrite Great community Fast enough Compilers (Cython) JIT (PyPy) 3D and Game Libraries http://xkcd.com/353/
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- 6. Minecraft Essentials Objects areblocks, in 3D grid Operations Move: W, S, A, D Look around: move mouse Add or remove blocks: click mouse Textures
- 7. How Pyglet Helps 3Dgaming library - pyglet.org Simple wrapper for OpenGL Pure Python Library not a framework This is a quick Minecraft code walkthrough, not a Pyglet tutorial Tutorial based on Asteroids: steveasleep.com
- 8. Overview of Structure Windowclass Subclass of Pyglet window class User interaction, movement, rendering Model class Models the world as blocks in 3D grid “The Whole World is an (x, y, z) Dictionary” Dictionary world[position] Where position is tuple (x, y, z) Each entry contains texture such as
- 9. Window & StartupCode
- 10. Building stuff Mouse locking,sight vector, hit testing Remove Block – STONE is special
- 11. Look around Motion matters(dx, dy), not absolute position Get ‘look vector’ rotation (as x, y degrees) & add proportion of motion Mouse left/right is x (look left/right) And forward/back is y (look up/down) – max ±90°
- 12. Highlighting ‘target block’ Hit-testfrom player position to target block Draw line around visible edges of block, using Pyglet
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- 14. Adding a Block Removeany existing block at (x, y, z) position from the ‘world dictionary’ Set texture for this block at position Update sectors (16x16 2D grid) to record this block Enables speedup by only rendering some sectors Show the block, and check if any neighbours now visible
- 15. 1100 commits later… github.com/boskee/Minecraft Majorfork 8,000 lines 19 contributors Multi-player Cython
- 16. Pyglet and More 2Dgame toolkits: Cocos2D: http://cocos2d.org/ - uses Pyglet Fife: http://www.fifengine.net/ - esp. RTSs and RPGs Add-on libraries that can work with Pyglet: Rabbyt – sprites: http://arcticpaint.com/projects/rabbyt/ Pymunk – physics: http://pymunk.org Alternative frameworks: Pygame – larger community, more game-specific, open source book at http://inventwithpython.com/
- 17. Wrap Up Concise, elegantcode You can do a lot in 500 lines!
- 18. Thank You Download slides: https://www.slideshare.net/rdonkin/minecraft-in-500-lines-with-pyglet-pycon-uk RichardDonkin @rdonkin cloudfindhq.com
- 19. Sect0rization Technique used tospeed up rendering of world – only render nearby sectors Sector = 16x16 2D region of world In Model, dictionary sectors[sector] maps from sector to list of positions in that sector Track player position in sector If player moves between sectors, determine which adjacent sectors to show – see change_sectors()
Editor's Notes
- #8 Pyglet is actually 60,000 lines of code, and requires some understanding of OpenGL, but is still quite easy to usePanda3D is an alternative higher-end 3D library, more complex to use than Pyglet. Other 3D and gaming libraries are discussed later.
- #11 STONE is specially treated because the base of the world is stone (grey colour) – this stops you drilling through the bottom of the world, which would look bad. To see this, remove the layer of earth blocks on the ground until you get to stone.
- #16 Now 8000 lines of code, including full inventory, multi-player client/server, etc. Supports compiling to C using Cython for speed, but not as easy to get started with as the original fogleman version.
- #17 Panda3D and PyOpenGL are two other 3D frameworks.