Compiling on Windows

The Basic Steps

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:

   

3. Open a "Developer Command Prompt":

   

4. cd into the pygame-ce directory on your PC.

5. enter the following commands:

set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
set MSSdk=1
python -m buildconfig --download
pip install .

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