Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame: From Novice to Professional

by Will McGugan

Book Overview

Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame provides readers with an introductory resource for learning how to create compelling games using the open source Python programming language and Pygame games development library. Authored by industry veteran and Python expert Will McGugan, readers are treated to not only a comprehensive, practical introduction to games development using these popular technologies, but also capitalize upon numerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590598725
• ISBN13: 9781590598726
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

solid introduction to pygame

Ch3-6 provide a nice introduction to the basics of writing simple programs in pygame. The example code in these chapters was clear and effective at demonstrating the particular topic. Overall this book was helpful to me in developing a pygame centric design flow for the programs that I am writing. I would recommend this book to help in jump starting your understanding of this useful python module. Bryce Himebaugh

Very good book for beginners

I wanted to write some simples game for my 3 yr. old son and looking for starting point as I don't know anything about Game programming. I am halfway done reading the book and so far I find this book very useful. The chapters are well laid out and I feel encourages to read page after next, unlike some 500 pages books that goes too far to make one sleep or loose interest. I am assuming some advance game programmer may expect more but a novice like me found this book very helpful and I found the information that I was looking. I think both me and my son will make some use of the money spend on the book

Great Python game programing

This is a book that I have been waiting for when it comes to game programming and Python. The first 2 chapters introduce the language and is great as a refresher if you already know the language since its concise and to the point. If its your first time working with the language its not a bad idea to have another book along side it to get another perspective of the language itself. The meat of the book is actually working with Pygame to create games and it does this very well. I haven't finished the book but I have been impressed with it so far. The author explains things such as distribution of your game(exec. file that setup your game on your machine) which I was very happy to see, since I haven't come across it anywhere else until now. Game development is a very big field which probably cant be covered in one book but this book does a good job of covering alot of material that you may not find anywhere else.

Excellent Book - Best on the Subject

Python has long been known as an easy language to learn, but with enough power to create large and complex systems. It's only in recent days that it has got a reputation as a good language for writing games with! There is now a healthy games writing community amongst Python programmers and this book is an *excellent* introduction to both the language and the subject. It covers important and practical topics, with great code examples. Totally recommended.

Perfect Introduction to Python and the Pygame library.

I had dabbled in Python before purchasing this book so I wasn't a complete novice, but it seemed to hit the spot in terms of easing the reader into python programming and the pygame library. It's very well written, the examples are interesting and by the end of the book I was able to put together a simple 3D shooting game pretty quickly on my own. Excellent stuff!!