I have noticed the DrawText command is missing. Any chance this could be included when you update next? please

DrawText has added after 2017.12.12. It will be in the next update. A little more than 100 commands were added since that version.

But yes! It will be added in the next update.

Ah, that makes sense. Looking forward to the update.

AppGameKit for Python v1.3 has been released.
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The AppGameKit code base was updated to 2019.02.18. The internal Python code was updated to 3.7.3.

Several naming changes have been made. I originally handled AppGameKit's method overloading solely through optional parameters, which had a tendency to change the parameter order from what AppGameKit has. This update keeps AppGameKit's parameter order, but adds suffixes to the method overloads.
ie: load_image(filename) and load_image_id(1, filename)

Also, almost all methods had an 'id' parameter, this has changed to something more specific, ie image_id, sprite_id, etc, based upon what the id is, which is more in line with AppGameKit Tier 2's naming.

Further details can be found in the devlog on itch.io.

Version 1.3.1 is out.
A quick fix.
* Fixed the handling of optional string parameters.
* Added an optional parameter to import_plugin that can be used to pass the command definitions as a string rather than requiring the commands.txt file.
* Errors generated by AppGameKit in methods that return None/void no longer cause crashes.

I've recently started using appgamekit for python and can't work out how to install it . Tried pip install appgamekit but won't work am I doing something wrong ?
I have purchased appgamekit off of steam but wanted to try python out as it's a popular standard language. Anyway some pointers as to how to get this up and running would help. Thanks.

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement appgamekit (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for appgamekit

This is what it says for the error code

Download the pyd from the site and place it in your program's main folder. This is not set up through pip.

Excelent! I think ideally they should include it in the final product, but I understand the implications of it as you're the one making it possible.
( C# as well actually )

AppGameKit for Python v2019.08.01 has been released!

?This release was built against AppGameKit Classic 2019.08.01 to bring it up-to-date. The versioning scheme has been changed so it matches AppGameKit Classic.

Some minor changes for this release:

• Added method: get_image_size_from_file?
  
• Added LIBRARY_VERSION constant.?
  
• AA_4XMS is now ?AA_4XMSAA?.
  
• The create_advert and create_advert_ex 'size?' parameter is now 'type'. Granted, these methods aren't usable on Windows.
  
• The BANNER_ constants have been renamed to use the ADVERT_ prefix.
  
• The add_zip_entry 'path' parameter? is now 'zip_path'.
  
• The module's docstring has changed.
  

AppGameKit for Python v2019.09.10 has been released!

This update brings AppGameKit for Python up-to-date with the latest AppGameKit Classic release.

In addition to the changes in AppGameKit Classic?, this release also has the following changes:
* Fixed path handling for create_zip, create_zip_id, get_http_file, open_to_write_id, start_screen_recording, and run_app.
* The working directory is set to the read path at startup so the run_app method now works with local EXEs.
* Added get_file_count, get_first_file, get_next_file, get_folder_count, get_first_folder, and get_next_folder. ?Note that these do not actually call the AppGameKit Classic functions?, but are internal Python scripts that mimic the behavior of the AppGameKit methods.
* Added FOLDER_MODE_READ_ONLY, ?FOLDER_MODE_WRITE_ONLY? and FOLDER_MODE_BOTH ?constants for use with get_file_count, get_folder_count, get_first_file, and get_first_folder.
* The "value2", "value3", and "value4" arguments are now optional for set_object_shader_constant_array_by_name, set_object_shader_constant_by_name, set_shader_constant_array_by_name, and set_shader_constant_by_name.
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AppGameKit for Python v2019.09.27 has been released!

This version adds support for Windows 64-bit Python and Linux x64!

I have tested the Linux extension with Ubuntu 18.04 x64.

If you have any questions or problems, let me know.

Hi adambiser,

I have been messing around with the BASIC language in AppGameStudio, and having a stack of fun doing so.

But I am now wanting to check out Python, and came across this sticky, which is perfect!

I want to say thanks for keeping this up-to-date. Now please excuse me, as I head over to Itch.io and download it.

This is awesome!

@GameDevGirl: Thanks and enjoy!
Bear in mind that this project is based on AppGameKit Classic and not Studio, which means it doesn't/won't have Vulkan support and there are a few new commands that do stuff in Studio but not Classic.

Okay, adambiser! Understood, will stick with Classic AppGameKit 2. Even though it doesn't show on my forum badges, I use AppGameKit classic too! So I promise not to ask you silly questions about "Where's the support for THIS or THAT from the Studio version?"

Please keep up the awesome work.

@GameDevGirl: That was intended to be more of a general statement than it turned out, not specifically at you. Aside from Vulkan support and the IDE itself, I think the differences between the Classic and Studio implementations are pretty minor still at this point, but I may be wrong. And no questions are silly.
(and thanks again!)

Good and thanks for the support with using Python with AppGameKit!
I need advice to start with Python, from scratch,
Looking for a beginner course from scratch?
I already have basic programming notions with C, Phascal ...
And obviously with AGIC BASIC Tier 1.

I would like to learn with Python, any advice?

@AliceSim1: Thanks for trying out AppGameKit for Python.

I'm not sure what book I would recommend starting with.now. I read "Learning Python" published by O'Reilly years ago, but I'm sure there's better, newer (and cheaper) resources out there now.
The Python site links to a lot of resources that you might find helpful: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
Perhaps someone else might know some better resources.

As for an IDE, I use PyCharm Community Edition.

Hope this helps get you started a little bit!

AppGameKit for Python v2019.12.16 has been released!