How to make buttons in python/pygame?

Question

I\'m making a game in pygame and on the first screen I want there to be buttons that you can press to (i) start the game, (ii) load a new screen with instructions, and (iii)

Answer 1

So you have to make a function named button which receives 8 parameters. 1)Message of button 2)X position of left top corner of the button 3)Y position of left top corner of the button 4)Width of the button 5)Height of button 6)Inactive color(background color) 7)Active color(color when you hover) 8)Name of the action you want to perfom

def button (msg, x, y, w, h, ic, ac, action=None ):
    mouse = pygame.mouse.get_pos()
    click = pygame.mouse.get_pressed()

    if (x+w > mouse[0] > x) and (y+h > mouse[1] > y):
        pygame.draw.rect(watercycle, CYAN, (x, y, w, h))
        if (click[0] == 1 and action != None):
            if  (action == "Start"):
                game_loop()
            elif  (action == "Load"):
                 ##Function that makes the loading of the saved file##
            elif  (action == "Exit"):
                pygame.quit()

    else:
        pygame.draw.rect(watercycle, BLUE, (x, y, w, h))
        smallText = pygame.font.Font("freesansbold.ttf", 20)
        textSurf, textRect = text_objects(msg, smallText)
        textRect.center = ( (x+(w/2)), (y+(h/2)) )
        watercycle.blit(textSurf, textRect)

So when you create your game loop and you call the button function:

button ("Start", 600, 120, 120, 25, BLUE, CYAN, "Start" )