Code Comments Tutorial: Snakey
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Welcome to the Code Comments Tutorial for Snakey, a Nibbles clone. Code Comments is a series of simple games with detailed comments in the source code, so you can see how the game works.
Code Comments Tutorial: Slide Puzzle Game
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Welcome to the Code Comments Tutorial for Slide Puzzle. Code Comments is a series of simple games with detailed comments in the source code, so you can see how the game works.
Code Comments Tutorial: Simulate - A "Simon" Clone
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Welcome to the Code Comments Tutorial for Simulate (A "Simon" clone.) Code Comments is a series of simple games with detailed comments in the source code, so you can see how the game works.
Code Comments Tutorial: Memory Game
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Welcome to the Code Comments Tutorial for Memory. Code Comments is a series of simple games with detailed comments in the source code, so you can see how the game works.
"I Want To Teach My Kid How to Program", A Guide
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Code Comments Tutorial: Ink Spill - A "Flood It" Clone
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Welcome to the Code Comments Tutorial for Ink Spill. Code Comments is a series of simple games with detailed comments in the source code, so you can see how the game works.
The Top 10 Pygame Tutorials
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
I've scoured the web for some decent tutorials for Pygame, one of the best game engines for Python out there. Here's what I've found, ordered by (in my opinion) quality.
Gorillas.py: A Remake of Gorillas.bas
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
Source code: gorillas.py
An entire generation of people remember the Gorilla.BAS game that came with Qbasic, where gorillas on top of buildings threw exploding bananas at each other. This is a Python remake of that game using the Pygame game engine, and is fairly heavily commented so you can explore the source.
Printed book still being edited.
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
I'm currently doing a very slow and thorough read through of the book to weed out the last of the typos, errors, and ambiguous statements in the book.
"Invent with Python" printed book on the way!
Posted by Al Sweigart in misc
I've received a proof copy of the book from CreateSpace.com a few weeks ago...