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Tkinter and Pygame can be integrated by embedding a Pygame surface in a Tkinter window.

Here's an example of how to do it:

1. Import both modules:

import pygame
import tkinter as tk

1. Initialize Pygame:

pygame.init()

1. Create a Pygame surface:

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640, 480))

1. Create a Tkinter window and embed the Pygame surface:

root = tk.Tk()
embed = tk.Frame(root, width=640, height=480)
embed.pack()
embed.grid_propagate(False)
embed.grid(row=0, column=1)

os.environ['SDL_WINDOWID'] = str(embed.winfo_id())
pygame.display.init()
pygame.display.update()

1. Add a Pygame loop:

while True:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()

    # Update Pygame surface
    pygame.display.update()

1. Start the Tkinter main loop:

root.mainloop()

This will create a Pygame display that is embedded in a Tkinter window. You can then use Tkinter widgets to add GUI elements to control the Pygame surface.