Ian Brown confirms this approach using pip3 to install Pygame Zero but says you may hit permission problems, and recommends sudo pip3 install pgzero in that case. To run the game he had to use python3 -m pgzero escape.py. He found he had to install Pygame Zero using pip3 install pgzero. Yes! Matt, also known as RaspberryPiSpy, is using Ubuntu 18 and had previously installed Python 3.6 and Pygame. Many thanks to Othelo and David.ĭoes Escape from Mission Python work on Ubuntu? David Weissman has also been in touch to confirm it's working 'flawlessly' on his iMac. Yes! Othelo Vieira has kindly provided installation instructions for the software on his blog. Does Escape from Mission Python work on the Mac? One of the screens you have to dash through in Mission Python. Here's a round-up of compatibility tips and tweaks.

Some readers have been in touch to ask about compatibility and pass on their advice for other readers. I set a high standard for accuracy and testing in my books, and only felt able to actively endorse the platforms we had thoroughly tested. The game should also work wherever Pygame Zero runs, but I haven't been able to test it everywhere. On these platforms, I was able to test both the build of the game and the play-through of the game to completion. The book advertises the game as working on the Raspberry Pi 3 and Raspberry Pi 2, and on Windows PCs, running Python 3.6. The game featured in my latest book, Mission Python, is called Escape and sees you solving puzzles to escape a space station on Mars where the air is slowly leaking away. Does the Mission Python game work on a Mac? (and other compatibility questions)

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