Getting Started with 2D Games Using Pyxel (Part 4): Displaying Text

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Displaying Text

In this chapter we will display a score on the game screen.

Text rendering is one of the simplest features in Pyxel. Use the pyxel.text() method with the following arguments:

• X coordinate
• Y coordinate
• Text string to display
• Text color

Simple Text Example

pyxel.text(10, 10, "HELLO, TEXT!!", 12)

Displaying a Score

When displaying a score, formatting the value is very convenient. The :04 format specifier zero‑pads the number to four digits.

# Draw the score
pyxel.text(
    10, 10,
    "SCORE:{:04}".format(self.score),
    12
)

Complete Example

Below is the full code with all features implemented so far.

import pyxel
import math
import random

W, H = 160, 120  # Game screen width and height

# Game
class Game:
    def __init__(self):
        """Constructor"""

        # Initialize score
        self.score = 0

        # Start Pyxel
        pyxel.init(W, H, title="Hello, Pyxel!!")
        pyxel.load("shooter.pyxres")
        pyxel.run(self.update, self.draw)

    def update(self):
        """Update logic"""
        # Score test
        self.score += 1

    def draw(self):
        """Drawing logic"""
        pyxel.cls(0)

        # Draw the score
        pyxel.text(
            10, 10,
            "SCORE:{:04}".format(self.score),
            12
        )

def main():
    """Main entry point"""
    Game()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

When you run this program, the result will look like this:

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