Python Game Development™: Build 5 Professional Games

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Introduction to pygame

Chapter 2: CORE PYTHON: Learning objects and data structures

Lecture 1: Install Python on Windows

Lecture 2: Download and setup Pycharm code editor on Windows

Lecture 3: Download Visual Studio code editor on Windows

Lecture 4: Install python on Linux Machine

Lecture 5: Download and setup Pycharm code editon on Linux (optional)

Lecture 6: How to read Python documentation

Lecture 7: Variables on Python

Lecture 8: Data Types: String, Set and Numbers

Lecture 9: Data Types: List, Dictionaty and Tuple

Lecture 10: Operators and Operands

Lecture 11: Logical Operators and Operations

Lecture 12: Comments and User Input

Lecture 13: Built-in Modules and Creating your own Modules

Lecture 14: Python "List" Data Structures

Lecture 15: Python "Dictionary" Data Structures

Lecture 16: Learn Strings and String Methods in detail

Lecture 17: String Formatting

Lecture 18: Python Indentation

Lecture 19: Python Conditionals: if…else statements

Lecture 20: Looping in Python: while Loops

Lecture 21: Looping in Python: for Loops

Lecture 22: User Defined Functions in Python

Lecture 23: Default Arguments in Python

Lecture 24: Anonymous/Lambda functions

Chapter 3: Advanced Python Programming

Lecture 1: Functional Programming: lambda, map and reduce

Lecture 2: Iterators in Python

Lecture 3: Generators in Python

Lecture 4: Decorators

Lecture 5: List and Dictionary Comprehensions

Lecture 6: Classes and Objects in Python

Lecture 7: Basic Inheritance in Python

Lecture 8: Multiple Inheritance in Python

Lecture 9: Polymorphism in Python

Lecture 10: Properties

Lecture 11: Operator Overloading in Python

Lecture 12: Exception Handling

Lecture 13: File Handling

Lecture 14: __name__ == "__main__"

Chapter 4: Python module for Game Developers

Lecture 1: Python "math" module

Lecture 2: Python "random" module

Lecture 3: Python "datetime" module

Lecture 4: Python "sqlite" module

Lecture 5: Python "collection" module

Lecture 6: Python "os" module

Chapter 5: Game development (turtle/pygame) module

Lecture 1: Introduction to Game Development

Lecture 2: Introduction to turtle module

Lecture 3: Computation using vectors and Magic methods (operator overloading)

Lecture 4: Start using turtle with simple animation

Lecture 5: Introduction to Vector class

Lecture 6: Snake Game Capstone: Creating Layouts and Handling Movements

Lecture 7: Snake Game Capstone: Make movements of Snake character

Lecture 8: Snake Game Capstone: Creating boundaries for game

Lecture 9: Pacman Game Capstone: Creating game world

Lecture 10: Pacman Game Capstone: Valid and Invalid movements for characters

Lecture 11: Pacman Game Capstone: Making movement for Pacman

Lecture 12: Pacman Game Capstone: Rendering ghosts and their movements

Lecture 13: Introduction to pygame module

Lecture 14: Let's talk about frame-rate

Lecture 15: Loading images/sprites using pygame

Lecture 16: Pygame DODGE CAR CAPSTONE: Render Player and screen

Lecture 17: Pygame DODGE CAR CAPSTONE: Rendering Enemies

Lecture 18: Pygame DODGE CAR CAPSTONE: Handling Collisions

Lecture 19: Pygame PACMAN CAPSTONE: Start creating game characters

Lecture 20: Pygame PACMAN CAPSTONE: Learning about Levels

Lecture 21: Pygame PACMAN CAPSTONE: Loading sprites and create Game Loop

Lecture 22: Pygame PACMAN CAPSTONE: Handle rotations and collisions of Sprites

Lecture 23: Pygame PACMAN CAPSTONE: Handling ghost movements

Lecture 24: Pygame PACMAN CAPSTONE: Wrap Up!!

Chapter 6: Chain Reaction

Lecture 1: Introduction to Chain Reaction

Lecture 2: Basic Math to Know for Chain Reaction game

Lecture 3: Creating a spot (in grids) and neighbors grid

Lecture 4: Initializing and drawing grid

Lecture 5: Game Loop

Lecture 6: Drawing atoms and showing present grid

Lecture 7: Handling mouse events

Lecture 8: Rendering two atoms

Lecture 9: Rendering three atoms

Lecture 10: Overflow of atoms

Lecture 11: Making atoms to vibrate and Wrapping up game!

Chapter 7: Space Shooter Game

Lecture 1: Introduction to the space shooter game

Lecture 2: Creating Player

Lecture 3: Loading player sprite sheets

Lecture 4: Game Loop and Handling input events

Lecture 5: Moving Up and Down for Player

Lecture 6: Adding Bullets for player

Lecture 7: Rendering Enemies for game

Lecture 8: Handling collisions between game objects

Lecture 9: Rendering score in the game

Lecture 10: Rendering "Game Over" screen

Chapter 8: Solitaire Game

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Solitaire Game