Python pygame window keeps crashing

Question

Whenever I run my code the Python Window that shows up does not respond.
Is there something wrong with my code or do I have to re-install pygame and python?
I get a black pygame window and then it turns white and says not responding?
Also I am new to this so please make this as simple as possible. I tried looking everywhere for the answer but could not get it in a way that I could understand.
Please help me out. Thanks :)

1 - Import library

import pygame
from pygame.locals import *

2 - Initialize the game

pygame.init()
width, height = 640, 480
screen=pygame.display.set_mode((width, height))

3 - Load Images

player = pygame.images.load("resources/images/dude.png")

4 - keep looping through

while 1:
    # 5 - clear the screen before drawing it again
    screen.fill(0)
    # 6 - draw the screen elements
    screen.blit(player, (100,100))
    # 7 - update the screen
    pygame.display.flip()
    # 8 - loop through the events
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        # check if the event is the X button
        if event.type==pygame.QUIT:
            # if it is quit the game
            pygame.quit()
            exit(0)

try putting print statements in to find out where it crashes, a good start would be to put one before the while loop to see if it is getting there or not before it stops working. — Chachmu
– Chachmu, Commented Nov 24, 2013 at 18:08
If if event.type--pygame.QUIT: is actually in your code, you do have a problem. You want to use == instead of --. — shad0w_wa1k3r
– shad0w_wa1k3r, Commented Nov 24, 2013 at 18:15
i changed it from -- to == but it still doesn't work. What should I do? — user3027728
– user3027728, Commented Nov 24, 2013 at 18:32
BTW: should be pygame.image.load in place of pygame.images.load - image without s — furas
– furas, Commented Nov 24, 2013 at 18:41

user2961646 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25 00:06:06Z

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Don't import pygame.locals. It is actually unnecessary, since you are already importing pygame.

Also, as @furas said, it should be:

player = pygame.image.load("resources/images/dude.png")

Not:

player = pygame.images.load("resources/images/dude.png")

This will clear up some of the problems in your code.

answered Nov 25, 2013 at 0:06

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Marko Scekic · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25 19:10:33Z

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From my personal experience,if you run pygame code from IDLE it often does not respond at all.Try saving your project as a .py file and then run it with python.exe.It always works for me. And as furas said use

player = pygame.image.load("resources/images/dude.png")

instead of

player = pygame.images.load("resources/images/dude.png")

answered Nov 25, 2013 at 19:10

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user3062459 Over a year ago

Best Answer! You must write pygame code and save it to a .py file. Then it works. It kept freezing using jupyter notebook and also frooze when using python shell. Running the .py file did the trick!

Rave Master · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-09 03:48:27Z

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Replace that for loop with this

 while not done:
   for event in pygame.event.get():
     if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
       done = True

edited Sep 9, 2021 at 3:48

answered Sep 1, 2021 at 18:58

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