Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hello,Pyinstall is multiplatform. Windows is actually the most difficult to get it working.Although there is the most support for getting it working on windows. Macs and Linux both come with python installed already, so one

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Interesting. But how easy is Python games to port to other platforms? What I want to do, or would like to do in some time when I’m like 2x smarter than I am and able to think like a programmer in another life, is to make a

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hello,Soon *fingers crossed* I will have my adventure game coming out made in pygame. Sound RTS is in pygame and this text adventure is in python, no sound, but it is very simple.All you need really to make a game are the

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hello,Soon *fingers crossed* I will have my adventure game coming out made in pygame. Sound RTS is in pygame and this text adventure is in python, no sound, but it is very simple.All you need really to make a game are the

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Omar, yes, it is completely possible to write a basic side-scroller in Python. I'm not too happy with the way Pygame pans sounds, but there are better options when it comes to audio modules or libraries. Other than tha

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. @frastlin Holey hell that has got to be the simplest thing I've ever read.My only issue is is python really made to code simple, not too hard core, side scrollers with?I really don't think I will go to that extrem

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/That is much better than any other tutorial IMO.print "hello world"a = 5b = 6c = a + bprint cwhat shows up when I run this script is:"hello world"11I could do t

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hi,@omar: I also would like to learn how to program, although I might try the dragonflame game engine, as it's in lua and seems a little easier.Is there any way I can possibly contact you via email or something? I ha

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hi,@omar: I also would like to learn how to program, although I might try the dragonflame game engine, as it's in lua and seems a little easier.Is there any way I can possibly contact you via email or something? I ha

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Also Omar, if you are having trouble thinking about applying the concepts you learned in the language tutorial, check out game programming in practice. Somehow though, I think you already have and it's too far of a jum

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. As has been said, pick a small project and work on it from there.  I can understand that that's easier said than done.  I'm not very good myself, but, one thing I have found that helps, even fi it is time con

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hi.I'm exactly in the same situration, that I have tried to learn a programming language for more than 10 years, but I have always given up, and lost the motivation for keep going. I really enjoy reading the documentatio

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Pygame (a set of Python modules specifically designed for making games) includes an audio system. It's not as nice as BGT's sound_pool, but it's much nicer than most else I've found. And one can always

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Pygame (a set of Python modules specifically designed for making games) includes an audio system. It's not as nice as BGT's sound_pool, but it's much nicer than most else I've found. And one can always

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. I've tried python as well. I did like the way the syntax was structured, but could really find no examples of sound playback. Is python even supposed to be used for audiogames?@Severestormsteve1I should look into pure

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hey Omar,You're trying to learn BGT?  Well, I must say, I spent 2 and a half years trying to learn that, but couldn't quite get it. However, Danny Standley, one of my best friends, taught me the basics of pure basi

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Omar, well, unfortunately learning to program has to be done in certain steps or stages. You can't just open a book on programming and expect to right the next Shades of Doom or Tank Commander the next day. Just isn&#x

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. I definitely understand where you're coming from. I'm learning bgt slowly, and am in the process of making my first small game, and it's turning out to be quite the challenge. All I can say though, is have

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Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. I have a slightly weird learning style that is going to take some paragraphs to explain.In basic terms... no no no no no lets not do that.To learn something, it has to be applied to a situation I'm really looking forwa

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

Re: learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Hi,Why do you think this is going to be out of reach for you?As far as I can tell, you get it. I mean, you really get it. Objects are just variables with methods, honestly. If you can grasp everything in the bgt language

learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh.

learning how to program will always be out of reach for me. Sigh. Just needed to vent some frustrations. Folks I've been trying for the last almost 9 years to learn this hobby and have finally come to the conclusion that nothing will come of it.It always results in a waste of time, no