RE: [pygame] Introduction + call to join project for creating gameframeworks

["Clare Richardson" <clare@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Whoops, wrong link:
http://www.girlstart.org/itgirl/downloads/LitterGame.zip


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Clare Richardson
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:38 AM
To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [pygame] Introduction + call to join project for creating
gameframeworks

Yes! A game with holes. I definitely don't think the technical details
are too hard; we're simply limited by the time we have with the girls so
we want to give them a running start.

If anyone is interested, this is the project they're working on in the
fall:
http://www.girlstart.org/itgirl/LitterGame.zip
The litter game project is focused on learning programming concepts, and
then in the spring they'll develop unique games individually.

Thanks for being patient with me as I try to explain myself!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-pygame-users@xxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Michael George
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:57 AM
To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [pygame] Introduction + call to join project for creating
gameframeworks

So if I understand correctly, you want a game with "holes":
 - pedagogical holes that the students can fill in to learn basic 
programming constructs such as functions, loops, simple data structures
 - content holes so that the students can brand the game

but you want to avoid technical details like blitting and flipping and 
event handling that might be too hard for an introductory student to 
grasp right away?

--Mike

Clare Richardson wrote:
> Not exactly. The goal of the program is to get these girls to take a
> Computer Science class, so yes, we want them to do "real" programming.
> But at least for right now, the girls aren't interested in programming
> for programming's sake.  They're excited about the end product: their
> educational game that we'll make available to the OLPC XO laptop.
>
> Because we don't have much time with the girls (this is an
after-school
> club, not a formal class), we want to give them as many resources as
> possible so they don't get stuck.  Maybe a better word than framework
is
> a simple template for different kinds of games, like maze games or
> adventure games.  A great example is the PyMan tutorial, since many of
> our girls want to make a PacMan-like game:
>
http://www.learningpython.com/2006/03/12/creating-a-game-in-python-using
> -pygame-part-one/
>
> Does that better explain what I'd like to do?
>
> -- Clare
>