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Re:Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book) by mkramlich on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @04:19PM (#1911723)
I make and sell Python games professionally so I'll definitely check this out. If I had a child that I wanted to expose to programming, getting them interested in playing and making their own games is definitely how I'd do it. And I'd definitely start them with Python, since I feel it's both a simple/easy language to learn, plus, it "scales up" into still being a good professional tool as well. (A quality which didn't apply to my first language, Applesoft BASIC, oh so many years ago.)
Re:Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book) by YooLi on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @06:03PM (#1912104)
Can you share a few titles of the games you make? I'd like to see python game.
Re:Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book) by atomical on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @07:32PM (#1912380)
Re:Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book) by Volscio on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @11:01PM (#1912850)
I learned a little bit about programming as a kid with those books that just had re-prints of BASIC game code. The time spent debugging my own typos was pretty valuable.
Re:Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book) by mkramlich on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @12:11AM (#1913005)
me too! i remember seeing source to games like Lunar Lander, Kingdom, and some simple Adventure/Zork-likes printed in books and magazines like that.