when i convert pygame file to .exe file pyinstaller says can't open script - pygame

Question

I made a simple flappy bird game. I wanna convert it to .exe file, and I did it with pyinstaller but when I try to open the .exe file in the dist folder it says can't run script
I then copied my assets folder and pasted it into the dist folder, then too its not working.
How do I make it work?

Answer 1

If you are converting a .pyw file, then PyInstaller will only show the game window when you will run it.
If you want to convert a .py file, it will also show the Command Prompt.
If you are getting an error in the form of a message box, that means that an error has stopped your code. Because you converted a .pyw file, the error will not be shown in the Command Prompt. A message box will appear instead.
To see what was the error in a more explicit way, you can:
1. Convert your file from .py to .exe to see the error in the Command Prompt instead of in a message box.
Then, you can record your screen and see what was the error.
2. Show the message box by yourself
Before converting your file, edit it like that:
from tkinter.messagebox import showerror
try:
# your ENTIRE code here
except Exception as error:
showerror('Error detected', error)
This way the error will be shown in a Tkinter message box like that:
Common errors:
You forgot to put an image in the .exe directory
pygame.font.SysFont does not work: use pygame.font.Font instead and use a .ttf file (more information here)
exit() is not recognised, use sys.exit() instead (and import sys of course)