glpg-pygame 1.0.1

A shorthand wrapper for pygame that makes game development fast and easy

GLPG — GameLib for Pygame

A tiny wrapper for pygame that makes game development fast and approachable. Write games in a few lines instead of dozens.

pip install glpg

If you need a newer Python version, pygame-ce is also supported:

pip install pygame-ce glpg

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Quickstart — Managed Loop

import glpg as gl

gl.window("720p", title="My Game", fps=60, bg_color="#1a1a2e")

@gl.on_update
def update(dt):
    if gl.key("escape"):
        gl.quit()

@gl.on_draw
def draw():
    gl.draw.rect(100, 100, 64, 64, "#e63946")
    gl.draw.circle(400, 300, 40, "cyan")
    gl.draw.text("Hello GLPG", 20, 20, size=32, color="white")

gl.run()

Quickstart — Manual Loop

import glpg as gl

gl.window("720p", title="Manual Loop")

x = 100

while (dt := gl.tick()) is not None:
    if gl.key("escape"):
        gl.quit()
    if gl.key("right"):
        x += 200 * dt

    gl.draw.rect(x, 300, 48, 48, "white")
    gl.flip()

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API Reference

Window

Call	Description
gl.window(size, title, icon, fps, bg_color)	Initialise the window. Call once before anything else.
gl.get_size()	Returns (width, height)
gl.get_width() / gl.get_height()	Individual dimensions
gl.set_title(title)	Change the window title
gl.set_fps(fps)	Update the FPS cap at runtime
gl.set_bg_color(color)	Update the clear colour
gl.get_screen()	Raw pygame.Surface for advanced use

Size strings: "480p" (854×480) · "720p" (1280×720) · "1080p" (1920×1080) · "1440p" (2560×1440) Or pass a custom (width, height) tuple.

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Managed Loop

Call	Description
@gl.on_update	Decorator that runs each frame and receives dt (seconds)
@gl.on_draw	Decorator that runs each frame after clearing the screen
gl.run()	Start the managed loop and block until the window closes
gl.quit()	Signal the loop to stop
gl.is_running()	True while the loop is active
gl.get_fps()	Measured FPS for the current frame

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Manual Loop

Call	Description
gl.tick()	Begin a frame, returns dt in seconds or None when finished
gl.flip()	Present the frame at the end of your loop
gl.quit()	Stop the loop on the next tick

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Drawing

All draw calls go through gl.draw.*.

Call	Description
gl.draw.rect(x, y, w, h, color, border, radius)	Rectangle. Use radius for rounded corners.
gl.draw.circle(x, y, radius, color, border)	Circle centred at (x, y)
gl.draw.ellipse(x, y, w, h, color, border)	Ellipse inside a bounding box
gl.draw.line(x1, y1, x2, y2, color, width)	Line between two points
gl.draw.polygon(points, color, border)	Polygon from a list of (x, y) points
gl.draw.text(content, x, y, size, color, font, center, antialias)	Text. center=True centres on (x, y). Returns pygame.Rect
gl.draw.image(path, x, y, scale, center, cache)	Image from file. Returns pygame.Rect
gl.draw.clear(color)	Clear the screen. Defaults to window bg_color
gl.draw.clear_image_cache()	Evict cached image surfaces between scenes

Colors accept:

• Named strings: "red", "white", "cornflowerblue"
• Hex strings: "#e63946", "#ff0000ff" (with alpha)
• RGB tuples: (255, 99, 71), (255, 99, 71, 128)

border=0 means filled. Any positive value draws an outline.

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Input — Keyboard

Call	Description
gl.key("W")	True while the key is held
gl.key_pressed("space")	True only on the first frame the key is pressed
gl.key_released("shift")	True only on the release frame

Key names: letters a–z, digits 0–9, "space", "enter", "escape", "backspace", "tab", "up", "down", "left", "right", "shift", "ctrl", "alt" (also "lshift", "rshift" etc.), "f1"–"f12", "delete", "insert", "home", "end", "pageup", "pagedown".

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Input — Mouse

Call	Description
gl.mouse.pos	(x, y) cursor position
gl.mouse.x / gl.mouse.y	Individual coordinates
gl.mouse.clicked("left")	True only on the click frame. Buttons: "left", "right", "middle"
gl.mouse.held("right")	True while the button is held

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License

MIT License 2026