ika is a basic
game engine platform for
Windows and
Linux. ika was all but discontinued at one point, but a rise in interest has led the developers to begin working towards a new version. The latest released version of the game engine is version 0.62, which uses
Python 2.5.ika originally began as derivative of the RPG engine
Verge, and was known as Verge 2.7. However, due to disputes over its use of the
Python programming language instead of VergeC (which is the custom C-based scripting language used by
Verge) it became a separate entity and formed its own community.Similar to
Pygame, ika can use all of the functionality of Python, and includes additional built-in libraries for functionality commonly used in games, like playing music and sound effects, utilizing keyboard, joypad, and mouse input, as well as managing graphics. Unlike with Pygame, it usually isn't necessary to install the Python libraries to play an ika game, since the engine-specific libraries are embedded in the ika executable, and external Python modules should be included with the game for the user's sake.
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