The Top 10 Pygame Tutorials

Wed 01 September 2010 Al Sweigart

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

Fri 25 June 2010 Al Sweigart

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.

Thu 08 April 2010 Al Sweigart

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!

Fri 26 February 2010 Al Sweigart

I've received a proof copy of the book from CreateSpace.com a few weeks ago...

Version 9 of the Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python PDF is Available

Tue 05 January 2010 Al Sweigart

Version 9 of the PDF is available, which includes several typo corrections and a completed table of contents.

New Appendices for "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python"

Tue 24 November 2009 Al Sweigart

Lessons Learned from Writing a Technical Book to Teach Programming

Mon 02 November 2009 Al Sweigart

From 2008 to 2009, I wrote a book called “Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python” ( http://inventwithpython.com ) which guides young adults and complete beginners through learning how to program in the Python language. I’ve just completed the second edition of the book, which has been an exhausting amount of work. Looking back over it, I realized that it could have been a much less exhausting experience if I had made some simple preparations.

What's New in the Second Edition of "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python"

Thu 29 October 2009 Al Sweigart

Here's all the new stuff that went into the second edition of "Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python".