Re: [pygame] New member

[Old man Randal <vtrandal@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you so much Ivo!  That is some very helpful information!

Also I should clarify, I meant my 12 year old (and only) son - I hope he can
learn some of this wonderful python. 

Now in addition to Cygwin, I have ActivePython which I like very much. Should I
get rid of those and use pygame only with http://www.python.org/download/ ?

Sincerely,

Vincent Randal
Longmont, CO

--- Ivo Danihelka <ivo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 10:16 -0800, Old man Randal wrote:
> > And would someone please suggest a
> > nice Python game (based on pygame or other) that might build and run in
> Cygwin.
> >  I would like to show my 12 son what great fun Python is.
> > 
> 
> You just need Python and Pygame to run the games. Simple double-click on
> the main *.py file will run the game.
> The Python installation is equally easy:
> http://www.python.org/download/
> http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml
> 
> 
> I was most impressed by game Dynamite. It is excellent game build in one
> week:
> http://www.pygame.org/projects/21/123/
> 
> Another good game is Snowball:
> http://www.pygame.org/projects/20/121/
> 
> I would suggest to start with something simple. Keep it 2D, it is very
> easy to blit images in Pygame.
> I started with my younger brother with Worms clone:
> http://kvik.sh.cvut.cz/~opi/python/#pyworms
> The later games were build by himself.
> It helps when someone teach you how to write the first 100 lines of code
> (= simple game). No one wants to read documentation without knowing WHY.
> 
> -- 
> Ivo Danihelka
> 
>