Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D video games. It is ideal for beginning programmers or programmers who want to create 2D games without learning a complex framework.
Arcade is built on top of pyglet and OpenGL. See Games Made with Arcade for example game jam entries and more.
Read the stable documentation at https://api.arcade.academy.
Preview the next release at https://api.arcade.academy/en/development/.
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author = {Paul Vincent Craven},
title = {Easy to use Python library for creating 2D Arcade games.},
date = {2025-01-01},
publisher = {GitHub},
journal = {GitHub repository},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/pythonarcade/arcade}},
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}
The best way to contact and chat with the maintainers is on the Arcade Discord Server.