Make a Python game with AI

A real example

This is a real session, not a mock-up: the request as it was typed, and what the agent did.

Make a pygame game: a snake game with a score and a game over screen

1. Checked that Python and pygame were installed
2. Wrote the game in one file
3. Ran it in a hidden test mode: eating an apple added a point and a segment, hitting a wall ended the game and saved the best score, and starting again reset everything
4. Saved a picture of the game over screen and looked at it
5. Started the game in its own window

The first message took 43 seconds.

The result. A complete Snake: a checkered grid, apples, a score and best score, the snake speeding up as it grows, and a game over screen with a way to play again.

How it works with Python (pygame)

• The game is ordinary Python. Run it from Mirg or from a terminal.
• The agent can run a pygame game with no window at all and inspect it, which is how it tests the rules before you ever see it.
• The game then opens in its own window, which the agent can also look at and play once macOS allows it.

What you need

• Python, and the pygame package. Mirg installs pygame for you with one button.

Mirg lists what is installed and what is missing under "See what's installed" on its home screen. If you ask for a Python game without the tools for it, it tells you what to get and offers to build a web game instead.

Good to know

• If you are learning Python, ask the agent to explain any part of the code it wrote.

Other platforms

• Web games
• iPhone and Android
• Godot
• Unity
• Unreal Engine
• Roblox
• Minecraft mods
• Ren'Py
• LÖVE
• GameMaker