The Art of Doing: Video Game Basics with Python and Pygame

The Art of Doing: Video Game Basics with Python and Pygame, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.46, with 11 lectures, based on 265 reviews, and has 16817 subscribers.

You will learn about Fundamentals of the Pygame library and overall video game design. How to create Pygame surfaces and draw on them. How to blit (copy) images and render text. How to add sound effects and music to your games. How to handle user input via keyboard and mouse for game controls. How to perform collision detection using pygame Rects. This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner Python developers curious about video game design and the Pygame library. or Beginner Python developers who have a love for classic style arcade games. It is particularly useful for Beginner Python developers curious about video game design and the Pygame library. or Beginner Python developers who have a love for classic style arcade games.

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Summary

Title: The Art of Doing: Video Game Basics with Python and Pygame

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.46

Number of Lectures: 11

Number of Published Lectures: 11

Number of Curriculum Items: 11

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 11

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Fundamentals of the Pygame library and overall video game design.
How to create Pygame surfaces and draw on them.
How to blit (copy) images and render text.
How to add sound effects and music to your games.
How to handle user input via keyboard and mouse for game controls.
How to perform collision detection using pygame Rects.

Who Should Attend

Beginner Python developers curious about video game design and the Pygame library.
Beginner Python developers who have a love for classic style arcade games.

Target Audiences

Beginner Python developers curious about video game design and the Pygame library.
Beginner Python developers who have a love for classic style arcade games.

Have you learned the fundamentals of Python and then asked yourself; what’s next?

If so, consider taking this course which will start you on your journey to making your own playable, fun, and rather addicting video games using Python and the Pygame library.

So often, when students ask for advice they are told to, “Go build something” or “Get involved on a project” but have no idea what projects to build or get involved in.

This course will set you on your way! In this course I will walk you though, step by step, the fundamentals of video game design with Python and Pgyame. We will cover all of the basics including:

Concepts of the main game loop, frames per second, and a clock.
Creating a surface and drawing to it.
Blitting (copying) images and rendering text to a surface.
Adding sound effects and music.
Handling keyboard and mouse input for player movement and control.
Basic collision detection methods

By the end of this course, I hope for two things:

You will want to continue learning and consider about Pygame and Python and enroll in the full course!
Have the confidence and knowledge to begin making your own basic arcade style games with Python!

Good luck and I hope to see you in our next video!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Basics of Pygame and Python

Lecture 1: Creating Our Display Surface

Lecture 2: Drawing On Our Display Surface

Lecture 3: Blitting (copying) Images

Lecture 4: Blitting (copying) Text

Lecture 5: Adding Sound Effects and Music

Lecture 6: Discrete Keyboard Movement

Lecture 7: Mouse Movement

Lecture 8: Continuous Keyboard Movement

Lecture 9: Movement Restrictions

Lecture 10: Collision Detection

Chapter 2: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Michael Eramo
Educator, Master Teacher, Self-Taught Programmer

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 4 votes
2 stars: 2 votes
3 stars: 15 votes
4 stars: 75 votes
5 stars: 169 votes

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