pygame

There are efforts being made to port Pygame as you mention but there's also the option of not using Pygame.

But Pygame had been my preferred option as it had less boilerplate and seemed more Pythonic.

Found this while looking for something superior to Pygame but more game-oriented than Pyglet.

The first thing I did when I learned python was to write a tetris game in it (using PyGame).

In my experience, pygame is kind of annoying because you quickly outgrow it.

Personally, I find Pygame really annoying and Pyglet is great but not really game-focused so it takes some extra footwork.

PyGame can be used to make Android games to a limited extent.

There are many libraries that work on Android and iPhone, including PyGame.

Python + pygame, or Scheme/Racket with its simple game-development features, or even Javascript + any 2D or 3D visualization library should hook an older kid.

PyGame's distribution story for events like Ludum Dare was pretty horrible.

PyGame is a a library (or rather set of libraries).

What specifically about Android/iPhone is an alternative to PyGame?

Pygame has been always the recommended game library for Python due to its maturity.

Pygame is a great tool to learn about the basic concepts of game developing.

Pygame tries to take away simple things like the game loop.