Text-based game graphics in Python

Question

I'm pretty new to programming, and I'm creating a simple text-based game.>

I'm wondering if there is a simple way to create my own terminal-type window with which I can place coloured input etc.

Is there a graphics module well suited to this? I'm using Mac, but I would like it to work on Windows as well

Thanks

Answer 1

You could use the termcolor library - it that what you're looking for?

On Windows things are trickier. See this SO answer - you should resort to win32console and some ctypes. The answer has some code and links to other articles.

Answer 2

The Tkinter Text Widget will do what you ask. the IDLE main window is implemented as one, if you want to play with an example.

Answer 3

For game programming with Python, I would always recommend PyGame. It is not very complex and enables you to easily use input, graphics and sound. As a start:

http://www.penzilla.net/tutorials/python/pygame/