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The game can have sounds and images, and actions like: collision logic, movement, knockback. And, physics like friction, and gravity. We can code all of these ourselves with the Tkinter GUI Toolkit.
And, you can build an entire game without adding any external images. You can just use the included shapes(oval, rectangle, line), included with Tkinter. With shapes, you can make simple game characters, like a robot, and dragon.
🎉In Your Python Tkinter game, You can include these:
✔️ a Score text
✔️ a Timer
✔️ a Health bar
✔️ a Mini‑map
✔️ selection of Buttons
and also include:
✔️ 10–30 moving sprites(make your own with Pixel Studio).
preferably, small PNGs (32×32, 64×64)
You Can Have Actions, like:
✔️simple movement
✔️simple collision
For UI design, can include
background and foreground:
GAME ASSETS: Make Your Own
-Find on The Web Free
🧱 Game Characters(pixelart)
Fixtures:
Tiles / Walls / Level Layouts
With Tkinter you can include:
✔️ 100–300 static tiles
✔️ 20–40 interactive tiles
✔️ 1–3 layers of background
Sound Files
✔️ Background music + effects
✔️sound effects on collision
✔️variety of Sound effects, about 20–50
✔️Background music -1 track
and
✔️ You can play multiple sounds at once
Music file types
✔️🎼.wav, .mp3, .ogg(preferred)
Game Interactions:
✔️Collision checks, about 20–50 per frame
✔️UI elements, about 5–20
✔️Spritesheet frames, about 50–200 loaded in memory
Tkinter is a good “write once, run anywhere” tool for simple games.
You can also run Python code in a Linux command prompt interface (CLI), like a Linux terminal. However, for our tutorials, we want to keep it simple; so we are going to use a Python command prompt - REPL,(I installed the Python 3.13 app on my laptop); and a mobile phone IDE,(I installed the mobile Pydroid3 IDE Python/Tkinter interpreter). With these two apps, we can code on our windows laptop(or desktop), and on our mobile phone. Same code, cross platform coding.
On my laptop, I installed the Python app from the microsoft store. It is a Python command line app(aka python interpreter), where you add your codes, then just click enter to RUN the code. This populates a game size window with the game action.
As mentioned, on my Android cell phone, I installed Pydroid3 IDE/Python Interpreter mobile app, which includes a coding editor, and a Python interpreter. So, i paste my code into the Python editor, or just open the file into the editor, then just click the RUN triangle button, to RUN the code. The IDE interpreter RUNS the game code, and, populates a window with the action. Simple and easy to do.
Additionally, if you want to package your game for a Windows computer; example - mygame.exe, you can do that also. For this, we must install/get a python module - PyInstaller. PyInstaller does the packaging for the game, and puts the completed game file into a folder.
Once packaged, you can distribute this file, 'mygame.exe', anywhere you want; social media, your website, email. Anyone on a windows computer can click on the 'exe' file to open and play your game. They do not have to have a Python app installed on their computer to run the game. To note: 'exe' file types do not run on Android phones, however, the game can still be played simply by running the file; example, mygame.py. We will learn more about packaging and distributing Python Tkinter games, as we continue the tutorials.
I practice coding, and RUN my code in my Python 3.13 interpreter on my Windows laptop, a free app from Microsoft store. On my Android phone, I practice, and RUN my Tkinter code in Pydroid3's IDE Interpreter - from LiderSoftKz - free at Google Play.
Pydroid3 has a built-in GUI, so any Tkinter code you run, populates a game screen with the game action. Python 3.13, on my laptop,(aka REPL) also displays a game screen with the game action. So, you can code on your laptop, and then use same code on the Android cell phone, often with no tweaks required. One thing to mention, is image size, for an example, a 128x128, image that appears proper size on your cell phone, will display larger on your laptop or windows computer. This is because of the difference in resolution of a cell phone, and the larger computer screen. So, I size my laptop images smaller, than those for my 6.3" phone screen size.
To Learn Python
If you want to learn Python code language, in addition to learning it for Tkinter, there are plenty of websites that offer free tutorials and access to interpreters where you can run your code and practice Python.
CodeSnack,
has simple, easy to follow Python lessons with examples; organized for easy learning. It is a free windows app, also at Microsoft store, free to download and install on a windows laptop or computer.
Kaggle, is a large online coding community, where millions of developers and Python enthusiasts go to practice their Python coding, and you can get free datasets to work with for Machine Learning. And, they have competitions also. All are welcome to participate.
To get started: Join for free, and Create your First Notebook. Just click into a code cell, and start writing your code, or copy and paste(Ctrl V to paste). You can upload your own code(dataset). To RUN code: just click the triangle next to the cell, or the triangle at top of menu - and, select RUN current cell. Create as many cells as you like(where you add, paste, write your code), and you can create a new cell before or after the current cell your working on.
Note: Kaggle does not run Tkinter code, because it does not have support for a Tkinter game GUI, which we need to populate a game screen. However, it does have ipywidget, a lightweight version of a GUI, that can implement some GUI like actions.
And, with Kaggle notebooks, you can also create expressive graphs and images, with Matplotlib, a library of Python. It is used extensively in Machine Learning, for creating really nice charts and imagery, that accentuates data mostly, and then presents it in a more user friendly graphical way.
W3 Schools has some tutorials on this also, that shows the various graphs you can create with Matplotlib.
Also at Kaggle: Saving Your Work - Click Share: then Save, to save your work, Click 'Commit and Save',(saves your work and outputs; usually when done for the day, or want it to go live right away), or select 'Quick Save', to save your work as you code. When you return to work on a Notebook, goto 'Your Work', and select the one you want, then select 'edit', top of menu. Now you can edit, change your code. You can also change the name of your work - notebook, or version. Version implements a new number with each save you make, however, you can edit this as you like, and notebook name from top of page.
Collect Badges for things you complete, or engage with. Share your work(notebook,data) with others, with a web link. Choose to keep your work Private, or Public.
W3 Schools, is a free online website that offers tutorials and code lessons for just about any language you want to learn. Their tutorials are easy to follow, comprehensive, and great for newbies. For Python, they include all the basics, with easy to learn examples, mini tests, and interactive lessons. At W3 Schools, you can get your own Python Interpreter(fee).
Why Code With Python
Python is a very popular coding language, and is widely used in the AI field, with emphasis on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, and the like. Although it is a used to develop complex systems, it is of itself a simple and easy to learn language. And, with the Tkinter class of Python(aka - GUI toolkit), we can create simple games that can run cross platform, for Windows, and Android.
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PYTHON - TKINTER GAME DEV
added March 2026~updated April 2026
WHAT TYPE OF GAME CAN I DEVELOP WITH TKINTER
It is suitable for 2D games, platformer games, top down shooter games, simple fighting games, that have less than 100 moving enemies or game characters. Images like sprites(pixelart) are ideal for this, while keeping image sizes small like 32x32, or 64x64, 128x128. You can include game tiles, and backgrounds.The game can have sounds and images, and actions like: collision logic, movement, knockback. And, physics like friction, and gravity. We can code all of these ourselves with the Tkinter GUI Toolkit.
And, you can build an entire game without adding any external images. You can just use the included shapes(oval, rectangle, line), included with Tkinter. With shapes, you can make simple game characters, like a robot, and dragon.
🎉In Your Python Tkinter game, You can include these:
✔️ a Score text
✔️ a Timer
✔️ a Health bar
✔️ a Mini‑map
✔️ selection of Buttons
and also include:
✔️ 10–30 moving sprites(make your own with Pixel Studio).
preferably, small PNGs (32×32, 64×64)
You Can Have Actions, like:
✔️simple movement
✔️simple collision
For UI design, can include
background and foreground:
GAME ASSETS: Make Your Own
-Find on The Web Free
🧱 Game Characters(pixelart)
Fixtures:
Tiles / Walls / Level Layouts
With Tkinter you can include:
✔️ 100–300 static tiles
✔️ 20–40 interactive tiles
✔️ 1–3 layers of background
Sound Files
✔️ Background music + effects
✔️sound effects on collision
✔️variety of Sound effects, about 20–50
✔️Background music -1 track
and
✔️ You can play multiple sounds at once
Music file types
✔️🎼.wav, .mp3, .ogg(preferred)
Game Interactions:
✔️Collision checks, about 20–50 per frame
✔️UI elements, about 5–20
✔️Spritesheet frames, about 50–200 loaded in memory
Tkinter is a good “write once, run anywhere” tool for simple games.
WHAT IS TKINTER
Tkinter is a small sized GUI Toolkit that includes a game loop. Tkinter is included with Python, so we can start coding our games without any additional libraries or modules. Because it is Python we can code it anywhere Python can be coded, including an Android mobile coding app with a built in IDE and interpreter, that can RUN Python/Tkinter code, and, with a Python interpreter,(REPL) on a windows computer.You can also run Python code in a Linux command prompt interface (CLI), like a Linux terminal. However, for our tutorials, we want to keep it simple; so we are going to use a Python command prompt - REPL,(I installed the Python 3.13 app on my laptop); and a mobile phone IDE,(I installed the mobile Pydroid3 IDE Python/Tkinter interpreter). With these two apps, we can code on our windows laptop(or desktop), and on our mobile phone. Same code, cross platform coding.
HOW TO BUILD A GAME WITH TKINTER
Tkinter code has the file extension, example: mygame.py. To build our game code, we simply RUN the file, mygame.py. We can paste the code directly into the interpreter, or we can call the file in code. If we have added assets, like sprites to our game, then those go into the same folder as the .py file. The Python interpreter knows where to find them. For most games, we only require one file for all the code.On my laptop, I installed the Python app from the microsoft store. It is a Python command line app(aka python interpreter), where you add your codes, then just click enter to RUN the code. This populates a game size window with the game action.
As mentioned, on my Android cell phone, I installed Pydroid3 IDE/Python Interpreter mobile app, which includes a coding editor, and a Python interpreter. So, i paste my code into the Python editor, or just open the file into the editor, then just click the RUN triangle button, to RUN the code. The IDE interpreter RUNS the game code, and, populates a window with the action. Simple and easy to do.
PACKAGING TKINTER GAME 📦
Tkinter game apps do not have to be packaged unless you want to package them. To distribute your game, you distribute the(example) mygame.py file. Then anyone, who has a Python interpreter installed on their Windows computer can run your Tkinter game. And, on a cell phone, your Tkinter game, mygame.py, can run in Pydroid3, which is free to download and install from Google Play.(free version does serve ads).Additionally, if you want to package your game for a Windows computer; example - mygame.exe, you can do that also. For this, we must install/get a python module - PyInstaller. PyInstaller does the packaging for the game, and puts the completed game file into a folder.
Once packaged, you can distribute this file, 'mygame.exe', anywhere you want; social media, your website, email. Anyone on a windows computer can click on the 'exe' file to open and play your game. They do not have to have a Python app installed on their computer to run the game. To note: 'exe' file types do not run on Android phones, however, the game can still be played simply by running the file; example, mygame.py. We will learn more about packaging and distributing Python Tkinter games, as we continue the tutorials.
IS PYTHON EASY TO LEARN?
Python is reportedly, one of the easiest code languages to learn. Python is used extensively in Machine Learning, and AI. There are many free mobile apps at Google Play store from which to learn Python programming language. The Microsoft store also has Windows apps specific to learning Python language, and many are free.Tips To Learn Python
Python TkinterI practice coding, and RUN my code in my Python 3.13 interpreter on my Windows laptop, a free app from Microsoft store. On my Android phone, I practice, and RUN my Tkinter code in Pydroid3's IDE Interpreter - from LiderSoftKz - free at Google Play.
Pydroid3 has a built-in GUI, so any Tkinter code you run, populates a game screen with the game action. Python 3.13, on my laptop,(aka REPL) also displays a game screen with the game action. So, you can code on your laptop, and then use same code on the Android cell phone, often with no tweaks required. One thing to mention, is image size, for an example, a 128x128, image that appears proper size on your cell phone, will display larger on your laptop or windows computer. This is because of the difference in resolution of a cell phone, and the larger computer screen. So, I size my laptop images smaller, than those for my 6.3" phone screen size.
To Learn Python
If you want to learn Python code language, in addition to learning it for Tkinter, there are plenty of websites that offer free tutorials and access to interpreters where you can run your code and practice Python.
CodeSnack,
has simple, easy to follow Python lessons with examples; organized for easy learning. It is a free windows app, also at Microsoft store, free to download and install on a windows laptop or computer.
Kaggle, is a large online coding community, where millions of developers and Python enthusiasts go to practice their Python coding, and you can get free datasets to work with for Machine Learning. And, they have competitions also. All are welcome to participate.
To get started: Join for free, and Create your First Notebook. Just click into a code cell, and start writing your code, or copy and paste(Ctrl V to paste). You can upload your own code(dataset). To RUN code: just click the triangle next to the cell, or the triangle at top of menu - and, select RUN current cell. Create as many cells as you like(where you add, paste, write your code), and you can create a new cell before or after the current cell your working on.
Note: Kaggle does not run Tkinter code, because it does not have support for a Tkinter game GUI, which we need to populate a game screen. However, it does have ipywidget, a lightweight version of a GUI, that can implement some GUI like actions.
And, with Kaggle notebooks, you can also create expressive graphs and images, with Matplotlib, a library of Python. It is used extensively in Machine Learning, for creating really nice charts and imagery, that accentuates data mostly, and then presents it in a more user friendly graphical way.
W3 Schools has some tutorials on this also, that shows the various graphs you can create with Matplotlib.
Also at Kaggle: Saving Your Work - Click Share: then Save, to save your work, Click 'Commit and Save',(saves your work and outputs; usually when done for the day, or want it to go live right away), or select 'Quick Save', to save your work as you code. When you return to work on a Notebook, goto 'Your Work', and select the one you want, then select 'edit', top of menu. Now you can edit, change your code. You can also change the name of your work - notebook, or version. Version implements a new number with each save you make, however, you can edit this as you like, and notebook name from top of page.
Collect Badges for things you complete, or engage with. Share your work(notebook,data) with others, with a web link. Choose to keep your work Private, or Public.
W3 Schools, is a free online website that offers tutorials and code lessons for just about any language you want to learn. Their tutorials are easy to follow, comprehensive, and great for newbies. For Python, they include all the basics, with easy to learn examples, mini tests, and interactive lessons. At W3 Schools, you can get your own Python Interpreter(fee).
Why Code With Python
Python is a very popular coding language, and is widely used in the AI field, with emphasis on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, and the like. Although it is a used to develop complex systems, it is of itself a simple and easy to learn language. And, with the Tkinter class of Python(aka - GUI toolkit), we can create simple games that can run cross platform, for Windows, and Android.
Next: GoTo: Our Tkinter Tutorials
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