In this course, you’ll learn about creating games using Python and the library PyGame.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Draw items on your screen
- Play sound effects and music
- Handle user input
- Implement event loops
- Describe how game programming differs from standard procedural Python programming
This primer assumes you have a basic understanding of writing Python programs, including user-defined functions, imports, loops, and conditionals. You should also be familiar with how to open files on your platform. A basic understanding of object-oriented Python is helpful as well. pygame works with most versions of Python, but Python 3.6 is recommended and used throughout this article.
mikesult on May 4, 2020
Thanks Chris, Excellent course. You covered so many of the elements in a nice incremental way and always kept a working program at all stages.
One strange behavior for me was when loading the sprite images of the jet and missile, if I used the
.convert()method then the.set_colorkey()method on the next line didn’t create the desired transparency. If I removed the.convert()method then the.set_colorkey()method did work. The cloud sprite worked fine when using the.convert()method. Very strange.I learned a lot, thanks!