Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-02 Thread Eli Bendersky
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 15:57, Bill Seitz wrote: > I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook > that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool > game. > > Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of > making a starter non-

Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread Jake b
If no one else is doing it, I'll take a look at it to see how much effort it'd take. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Joe Strout wrote: > Casey Duncan wrote: > >>> Still, I'd love to see somebody borrow the Shootorial resources and >>> basically translate that tutorial into Python/PyGame. This wo

Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread Joe Strout
Casey Duncan wrote: Still, I'd love to see somebody borrow the Shootorial resources and basically translate that tutorial into Python/PyGame. This would give us a really nice side-by-side comparison, in terms of both development effort and performance That somebody could be you. Make it hap

Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread pymike
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Bill Seitz wrote: > I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook > that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool > game. > > Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of > making a starter no

Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread Casey Duncan
On Jan 1, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Joe Strout wrote: Still, I'd love to see somebody borrow the Shootorial resources and basically translate that tutorial into Python/PyGame. This would give us a really nice side-by-side comparison, in terms of both development effort and performance That some

Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread Joe Strout
Bill Seitz wrote: I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool game. Probably true. Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of making a starter non-lame game. A specific

Re: [pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread Knapp
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Bill Seitz wrote: > I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook > that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool > game. > > Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of > making a starter non

[pygame] can PyGame mime KongregateLab's "Shoot" tutorial game?

2009-01-01 Thread Bill Seitz
I'd like to get my sons (age 10 and 8) programming, but the only hook that I think will get them started is the ability to make a kinda cool game. Ideally, I'd like to see a tutorial that leads them down the path of making a starter non-lame game. A specific example I've found, for Flash-based gam