PyBlocks documentation

Install PyBlocks on Windows, open an example, press Play and save your changes. No Python or other tools are needed.

How the PyBlocks window is organised: workspaces, panels, the game view, the command palette and appearance options.

Four complete games ship with PyBlocks. Play them, then open their blocks to see exactly how each one works.

A game is made of scenes, and a scene is made of objects. Learn to create, arrange and transform them, and to move between scenes while the game runs.

Scripts are stacks of blocks that belong to an object and start from an event. This guide covers the block shapes, building scripts, variables and lists, timing, and how errors are reported.

Animate objects with keyframes and sprite frames in the Animate workspace, then play the clips from blocks. For quick one-off movements, use tweens.

Add particles, screen flashes and shakes, dark scenes lit by torches, and post effects such as a vignette or a colour grade, all with blocks.

Import sound effects and music into your project and play them with the Audio blocks.

Build titles, HUDs, menus and buttons with UI objects, and give your game its own typeface by importing .ttf or .otf fonts into the project.

Write your own blocks in Python, load them into the block palette, and share them with other projects as .pbblock packages.

Turn your project into a standalone game folder that runs on Windows without Python or PyBlocks installed.

Every keyboard shortcut in the PyBlocks editor, grouped by where it works.

What to do when something goes wrong, where PyBlocks keeps its logs, how to check an installation, and how to send us a useful report.