Just got this for my younger brother in September. Good book, though like with most younger brothers it still requires prodding to get him into it.
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book)
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Re: Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book)
#22The choice of the word "Invent" bothers me here for some reason. In writing a computer program, you might end up inventing a technique or data structure, but the program itself doesn't seem to be an invention. I suppose the game rules themselves might count as an invention, but that also feels somewhat odd.
I always think of game development as discovery rather than invention. Most game mechanics either already exist, or are distilled from psychological truths.
Re: Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python (Free e-Book)
#23I 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'…
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)
#24I 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'…
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.
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.