Drop support for Python 3.10 and 3.11

Necessary to keep up with typing changes in Numpy

Not strictly required, but Python 3.10 is reaching EOL anyways

Author: HexDecimal

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -109,17 +109,17 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.14t", "pypy-3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.12", "3.14t", "pypy-3.12"]
         architecture: ["x64"]
         include:
           - os: "windows-latest"
-            python-version: "3.10"
+            python-version: "3.12"
             architecture: "x86"
           - os: "windows-latest"
             python-version: "3.14t"
             architecture: "x86"
           - os: "windows-11-arm"
-            python-version: "3.11"
+            python-version: "3.12"
             architecture: "arm64"
           - os: "windows-11-arm"
             python-version: "3.14t"
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: ["x86_64", "aarch64"]
-        build: ["cp310-manylinux*", "pp311-manylinux*", "cp314t-manylinux*"]
+        build: ["cp312-manylinux*", "pp312-manylinux*", "cp314t-manylinux*"]
     env:
       BUILD_DESC: ""
     steps:
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        python: ["cp310-*_universal2", "cp314t-*_universal2", "pp311-*"]
+        python: ["cp312-*_universal2", "cp314t-*_universal2", "pp312-*"]
     env:
       PYTHON_DESC: ""
     steps:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) since version
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+- Support dropped for Python 3.10 and 3.11.
+
 ## [21.2.1] - 2026-06-04
 
 ### Deployment

README.rst

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ For the most part it's just::
 ==============
  Requirements
 ==============
-* Python 3.10+
+* Python 3.12+
 * Windows, Linux, or MacOS X 10.9+.
 * On Linux, requires libsdl3
 

build_libtcod.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
 
-Py_LIMITED_API: None | int = 0x03100000
+Py_LIMITED_API: None | int = 0x03120000
 
 HEADER_PARSE_PATHS = ("tcod/", "libtcod/src/libtcod/")
 HEADER_PARSE_EXCLUDES = ("gl2_ext_.h", "renderer_gl_internal.h", "event.h")

docs/tcod/event.rst

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Getting events
 The primary way to capture events is with the :any:`tcod.event.get` and :any:`tcod.event.wait` functions.
 These functions return events in a loop until the internal event queue is empty.
 Use :func:`isinstance`, :any:`tcod.event.EventDispatch`, or `match statements <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#match-statements>`_
-(introduced in Python 3.10) to determine which event was returned.
+to determine which event was returned.
 
 .. autofunction:: tcod.event.get
 .. autofunction:: tcod.event.wait

pyproject.toml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "The official Python port of libtcod."
 authors = [{ name = "Kyle Benesch", email = "4b796c65+tcod@gmail.com" }]
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
 license-files = [
     "LICENSE.txt",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ enable = ["pypy", "pyodide-prerelease"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 files = ["."]
-python_version = "3.10"
+python_version = "3.12"
 warn_unused_configs = true
 show_error_codes = true
 disallow_subclassing_any = true

setup.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_package_data() -> list[str]:
 
 options = {
     "bdist_wheel": {
-        "py_limited_api": "cp310",
+        "py_limited_api": "cp312",
     }
 }
 if "free-threading build" in sys.version:

tcod/event.py

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
             elif isinstance(event, tcod.event.MouseMotion):
                 print(f"{event.integer_position=}, {event.integer_motion=}")  # Current mouse tile and tile motion
 
-Python 3.10 introduced `match statements <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#match-statements>`_
-which can be used to dispatch events more gracefully:
+`Match statements <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#match-statements>`_
+can be used to dispatch events more gracefully:
 
 Example::