Globals

Welcome to the API Reference, a technical overview of every JoBase feature.

Objects

These are globals that control the window, and handle user input.

• window

  Manage the main window

• camera

  Control the rendering of things

• mouse

  Handle cursor input

• key

  Handle keyboard input

Classes

• Rect

  Draw rectangles

• Image

  Draw images

• Text

  Draw text

• Shape

  Draw polygons

• Line

  Draw lines

• Screen

  Render to an offscreen buffer

• Sound

  Play audio

Functions

run() -> None

Run the main game loop. If your file contains a def loop() function, it will be called continuously.

random(x = float, y = 1) -> float

Find a random float between x and y.

• x: float

  The starting limit of the random number

• y: float

  The end limit of the random number

Colours

JoBase supports a set of default colours. Learn how to create your own.

WHITE = 1, 1, 1
BLACK = 0, 0, 0
GRAY = 0.5, 0.5, 0.5
DARK_GRAY = 0.2, 0.2, 0.2
LIGHT_GRAY = 0.8, 0.8, 0.8
BROWN = 0.6, 0.2, 0.2
TAN = 0.8, 0.7, 0.6
RED = 1, 0, 0
DARK_RED = 0.6, 0, 0
SALMON = 1, 0.5, 0.5
ORANGE = 1, 0.5, 0
GOLD = 1, 0.8, 0
YELLOW = 1, 1, 0
OLIVE = 0.5, 0.5, 0
LIME = 0, 1, 0
DARK_GREEN = 0, 0.4, 0
GREEN = 0, 0.5, 0
AQUA = 0, 1, 1
BLUE = 0, 0, 1
LIGHT_BLUE = 0.5, 0.8, 1
AZURE = 0.9, 1, 1
NAVY = 0, 0, 0.5
PURPLE = 0.5, 0, 1
PINK = 1, 0.75, 0.8
MAGENTA = 1, 0, 1

Fonts

• DEFAULT

  Default sans serif font. Passed to Text.font.

• CODE

  A monospace font. Passed to Text.font.

• SERIF

  A serif font. Passed to Text.font.

• DISPLAY

  A display font. Passed to Text.font.

• PIXEL

  A pixel font. Passed to Text.font.

Images

• MAN

  Default image of the JoBase mascot. Passed to Image.name.

• COIN

  Passed to Image.name.

• ENEMY

  Passed to Image.name.

Sounds

• PICKUP

  Default sound effect. Passed to Sound.

• BLIP

  Passed to Sound.