Pymunk creating a trail

Question

I want to create a trail of every ball i create, but i cant think of anything that would help me to do it

def create_balls(space,x,y):
body = pymunk.Body()
body.position = (x,y)
shape = pymunk.Circle(body, 10)
shape.density = 1       
shape.elasticity = 1
space.add(body, shape)

return shape
def draw_balls(balls):
 for ball in balls:
    pos_x = int(ball.body.position.x)
    pos_y = int(ball.body.position.y)
    pygame.draw.circle(display,(red,green,blue),(pos_x,pos_y),10)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 28 '21 at 19:34

You need to keep track of the old locations of the balls. So for example, every 1 second you add the position of the ball to a list (if the list is too long, lets say above 10, you remove the first item). Then you draw a ball at every position in the list.

Alternatively you could draw the balls to a surface that you never clear. (And then blit that surface to the screen surface) Then the trails of each ball will stay forever.

Pymunk creating a trail

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