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Luma

Luma Engine is a lightweight Python game engine powered by SDL3

Installation

python -m pip install luma-engine

Quick Start

Create a file named main.py:

from luma import Luma


engine = Luma()
engine.create_window("Luma", 640, 480)
graphics = engine.Graphics


@engine.draw
def draw():
	graphics.setDrawColor(40, 120, 220)
	graphics.drawRect(220, 160, 200, 120)
	graphics.resetDrawColor()


@engine.update
def update(dt):
	# Update game state here. dt is elapsed time in seconds.
	pass


@engine.on(Luma.EVENTS.KEYPRESS)
def on_key_press(key):
	if key == engine.Keyboard.KEYS.SPACE:
		print("Space pressed")


engine.run()

Run it with:

python main.py

Examples

The repository includes complete examples in the examples directory, including a Pong game:

python examples/pong.py

Docs

Documentation is available here

Requirements

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An SDL3-compatible system

License

Luma Engine is released under the MIT License.

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