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The Pygame Subset for Android is a port of a subset of Pygame functionality to the Android platform. The goal of the project is to allow the creation of Android-specific games, and to ease the porting of games from PC-like platforms to Android.

# Downloads

The Pygame Subset for Android is available from the Android Market. For changes to the newest version, please see the Changelog.

Other Downloads:

- Packaging Tool: http://pygame.renpy.org/dl/pygame-package-0.9.3.tar.bz2
- APK Files: http://pygame.renpy.org/dl/
- Source Code & Bug Tracker: https://launchpad.net/pgs4a

# Support

The best place to get Pygame Subset for Android support is our forum.

# Documentation

- Writing a Game
  - Main
  - Importing Android
  - Lifecycle Management
  - Key Mapping
  - Sound and Music
  - Hardware Support
- Testing the Game
  - Files
  - Pushing to the Device
  - Running the Game
- Packaging & Releasing
  - Build.py
  - Releasing to Market
- API
  - android
  - android_mixer
  - pygame
  - Python
- Developer’s Guide
  - Compiling
  - Directories
- Supported Devices
- Changelog
  - Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.3
  - Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.2
  - Pygame Subset for Android 0.9.1

# Samples

To use these, create a pygame directory on your device’s SD card, and then unzip them there. Source code is included.

Slidepuzzle

> Written by Al Sweigert, and found here, this is the classic sliding numbers puzzle.

# License and Credits

The Pygame Subset for Android is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. To the best of our knowledge, Pygame, SDL, and all other dependences are licensed under compatible licenses.

The Pygame Subset for Android is by:

- Tom Rothamel (tom at rothamel.us)
- Patrick Dawson (pkdawson at gmail.com)

It integrates code from an number of projects, including:

- Pygame
- SDL (including Pelya’s Android port)
- Python
- Jtar

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