Learn Python by making games

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Trailer

Lecture 2: Python in context

Lecture 3: Installing Python

Lecture 4: Installing a code editor (sublime) + changing the style

Chapter 2: Python 1 – Basics

Lecture 1: How code is executed

Lecture 2: Math operations

Lecture 3: Variables

Lecture 4: Functions

Lecture 5: Methods

Lecture 6: Returning values

Lecture 7: Comments

Lecture 8: More on the execution order

Chapter 3: Python 2 – Datatypes

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Numbers (integers and floating point)

Lecture 3: Strings

Lecture 4: Lists and tuples

Lecture 5: Slicing

Lecture 6: Unpacking

Lecture 7: Strings, tuples and lists

Lecture 8: Dictionaries

Lecture 9: Sets

Lecture 10: Booleans

Lecture 11: Other datatypes

Chapter 4: Python 3 – Flow

Lecture 1: Flow Intro

Lecture 2: Simple If statements

Lecture 3: Complex if statements

Lecture 4: Match case statements

Lecture 5: While loops

Lecture 6: For loops

Lecture 7: Flow + Linebreaks

Chapter 5: Python 4 – Functions

Lecture 1: Introduction to functions

Lecture 2: Parameters

Lecture 3: More on parameters

Lecture 4: Scope

Lecture 5: Lambda functions

Lecture 6: Documenting functions

Chapter 6: Python 5 – Data Handling

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Better For loops

Lecture 3: List comprehension

Lecture 4: Other comprehensions

Lecture 5: Sorting data

Lecture 6: Map & Filter

Lecture 7: File Handling

Lecture 8: Deleting data

Chapter 7: Python 6 – Classes

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: Classes in practice

Lecture 3: Dunder

Lecture 4: Classes and methods

Lecture 5: Classes and Scope

Lecture 6: Simple inheritance

Lecture 7: Complex inheritance

Lecture 8: 8 Classes extra

Chapter 8: Python 7 – Modules

Lecture 1: Intro

Lecture 2: External modules

Lecture 3: Creating modules

Lecture 4: Dunder main

Chapter 9: Python 8 – Extra

Lecture 1: Intro (Pass + input)

Lecture 2: Exceptions

Lecture 3: Decorators

Lecture 4: Eval + Exec

Chapter 10: Asteroid Shooter

Lecture 1: All the project files are attached here

Lecture 2: Note on installing Pygame with Python 3.11

Lecture 3: Intro

Lecture 4: Creating a blank window

Lecture 5: Surfaces

Lecture 6: Placing elements

Lecture 7: Images and Text

Lecture 8: Movement

Lecture 9: Rectangle basics

Lecture 10: Input

Lecture 11: Recap (Surfaces and Rects)

Lecture 12: More on surfaces and rects

Lecture 13: Delta Time

Lecture 14: Laser Logic

Lecture 15: Working with time

Lecture 16: Meteors

Lecture 17: Basic collisions

Lecture 18: Sound

Chapter 11: Asteroid Shooter with classes

Lecture 1: Project files

Lecture 2: Intro

Lecture 3: Sprites

Lecture 4: Updating sprites

Lecture 5: Creating the laser

Lecture 6: Creating the meteors

Lecture 7: Adding the score

Lecture 8: Meteor upgrades

Lecture 9: Collisions

Lecture 10: Collisions with masks

Lecture 11: Sound