pybevy - using Bevy in Python

An experiment attempting to expose the Bevy game engine to Python, using PyO3.

At the moment, this is just a learning project and not suitable for use in an actual project.

Motivation

Why use Bevy in Python?

• Access to an ECS framework
• Access to Python's REPL during prototyping and initial play-testing

Personal

• Learn how py03 works

Instructions

Maturin is used to compile changes to your Rust code. First set up a Python virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Then activate the environment. On Windows:

.\venv\Scripts\activate

Then install the Rust package into the virtual environment:

maturin develop --release

Now the Rust library is available to be imported in Python.

For example, if the Rust library were named pybevy, it could be imported in Python as:

import pybevy

pybevy.do_something()