Compiling on Windows

1. Clone/Checkout pygame-ce from Github.

2. Install Visual Studio Build tools. Make sure you Install the "Desktop Development with C++" option (including optional components) to get the latest Visual Studio C compiler. See:

   

   Alternatively you can also install the MinGW compiler.

3. Open a Command Prompt/Terminal window. I personally create a PyCharm project and use the one built into PyCharm, but there are many options at this point. Optionally - you may also want to create a virtual environment at this point. There are several virtual environment libraries including the built-in venv. If you are using PyCharm it can create a virtual environment for you when first cloning or creating a project. A virtual environment can help keep the dependencies of multiple projects separate so you don't experience library version clashes.

4. If not there already, cd into the pygame-ce directory from where you checked it out on your PC in step 1.

5. Enter the following command:

   pip install .

   

6. It should look a bit like this when it starts going:

   

   That's it! You should be able to run the tests and examples now.