How to Build a Python Game Engine with SDL, PySide6 & Lua Scripting

Building a Tiny Game Engine in Python: The HappyQQ Game Maker Walk-through Last updated: 11 August 2025 Why read this article? If you want to … type “draw a red rectangle” in plain Chinese and see it on screen embed high-speed SDL graphics inside a PySide6 window let Lua scripts call your own drawing routines ship the whole thing as a stand-alone EXE for Windows … then the HappyQQ Game Maker (hqqgm) skeleton is a gentle place to start. It is not a commercial-grade engine; it is a concise, transparent example that you can extend, cut, or re-brand. 1. What …