First, install the packages: tdl and PyInstaller.

On Windows you must also install the pywin32 package (named pypiwin32 if you're using pip install.)

Next, download the hook-tcod.py and hook-tdl.py files from this repository. Give PyInstaller the location of these files with the --additional-hooks-dir argument.

hook-tcod.py is always needed. hook-tdl.py only installs the default font used by the tdl module and is optional if a custom font is used.

Then run the PyInstaller script with this command:

PyInstaller hello_world.py --additional-hooks-dir=.

The finished build will be placed at dist/hello_world. You should see references to the hook-tdl in the output.

You can also build to one file with the command:

PyInstaller hello_world.py --additional-hooks-dir=. -F

The PyInstaller manual can be found at: https://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/