kvcheetah

A lightweight 2D game engine based on Kivy.

Installation Instructions (pip)

1. on Windows, execute pip install kvcheetah on Linux, execute sudo pip3 install kvcheetah
2. to test your installation on Windows, execute python -m kvcheetah on Linux, execute python3 -m kvcheetah

Installation Instructions (GitHub)

1. download the latest wheel from the release section that matches your OS
2. open a terminal or command prompt window and use pip to install the downloaded wheel file
3. to test your installation on Windows, execute python -m kvcheetah on Linux, execute python3 -m kvcheetah

Building Instructions

1. clone this repo
2. open a terminal or command prompt window and switch to the "kvcheetah" folder
3. on Windows, execute python setup.py bdist_wheel on Linux, execute python3 setup.py bdist_wheel

Features

• sprites

  • hardware-accelerated
  • supports basic collision detection
  • supports rotation
  • supports color adjustment

• tilemaps

  • hardware-accelerated
  • supports adjustable viewport
  • supports scrolling
  • implements viewport culling
  • supports collision detection

Tested On

• Python 3.8.7 and Kivy 2.0.0 for Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Python 3.6.8 and Kivy 1.11.0 for Windows Vista (32-bit)
• Python 3.8.5 and Kivy 2.0.0 for Lubuntu 20.04 (64-bit)
• MacOS X Catalina
• Android 10 (experimental)

Status