Pygame

Pygame?

Pygame is a Python library that allows you to write video games.

You will learn how to use the Pygame library during the Project Management unit.

Pygame.org is a good way to start. Lot's of documentation and projects.

I like Making Games with Python & Pygame from Invent with Python.

But Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python from Invent with Python is a good place to start. Chapters 1 - 16 are a lot like ICS3U. You'll be interested in Chapters 17 - 20.

Program Arcade Games with Python and Pygame has a great overview of basic Python and it leads to a nice tutorial for everything you need for building a simple game.

Tutorial

1. Download the source code for Chapters 17 - 20 of Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python.
2. Read Chapters 17 - 20, and try to run the code as it is written.
3. Manipulate the code. Play with it and explore. Save interesting examples. Show your classmates what you did.

Some resources for your project:

Video tutorials:

1. Game Development in Python 3 With PyGame - VIDEO (Short Series)
2. Pygame (Python Game Development) Tutorial - VIDEO (Long Series)

Tilemaps

1. Why Tiled Map Editor is good, and why it may be too much - http://www.mapeditor.org/
   1. How to use Tiled - Introduction to Tiled Map Editor: A Platform-Agnostic Tool for Level Maps
   2. BUT, then you'd need a TMX loader for python - Parsing and Rendering Tiled TMX Format Maps in Your Own Game Engine
   3. So, the Star Pusher Tutorial will do. It comes from Making Games with Python & Pygame from Invent with Python.
   4. But, if you think that there's too much in Star Pusher, try: Pygame Minecraft 2D Tutorial
   5. KidsCanCode.org has many tutorials
   6. KidsCanCode.org video series

Documentation

1. PyGame Documentation - https://www.pygame.org/docs/

Sprites

1. Piskel - http://www.piskelapp.com/
2. Sprites - http://opengameart.org/

Sounds

1. Bbxr Sound effects generator - http://www.bfxr.net/
2. Audacity - https://www.audacityteam.org/

Colours

1. Visibone - https://visibone.com/colorlab/big.html
2. Adobe Color - https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/
3. Paletton - http://paletton.com/#uid=1000u0kllllaFw0g0qFqFg0w0aF
4. Colourco - http://www.colourco.de/

Fonts

1. Google Fonts- https://fonts.google.com/
2. DaFont - https://www.dafont.com/
3. 1001 Fonts - https://www.1001fonts.com/

Videos

1. Screen Capture: OBS - https://obsproject.com/
2. Screen Capture: VLC - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
3. Screen Capture: ScreenToGif - https://www.screentogif.com/
4. Screen Capture: Gyazo - https://gyazo.com/
5. Screen Capture: ShareX - https://getsharex.com/
6. Making a video into an animated GIF : ffmpeg - https://www.ffmpeg.org/
   1. Download and install ffmpeg
   2. Go to ICS FIles and download makegif BATCH file written by Kevin Q.
   3. RENAME THE BATCH FILE FROM makegif.rename.txt TO makegif.bat
   4. Make a directory containing:
      1. batch file
      2. ffmpeg
      3. your video file
   5. Drag the video file onto the batch file. It will make a folder called gifd with the gifs inside.

Inspiration

1. Ludum Dare - http://ludumdare.com/compo/