Re: Re: [pygame] Students Interested in Pygames Community

[Joe Ranalli <jranalli@xxxxxxxxx>]

Besides the programming aspects, one of the great things is that it teaches about the sciences as well.  Even the most trivial games require use of basic physics concepts like vector math and the laws of motion, and require mathematical integration for the time stepping.  Game programming is a great educational vehicle for lots of reasons.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Ian Mallett <geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I find simple games are helpful in teaching students.  With practice, one can hack up a very simple game in Python/PyGame in a matter of a few minutes.  At the end, people have a product to show for it.

I often find students have a good time making games too, because it's surprisingly open-ended.  It also works at many levels of programming expertise, because games can vary in complexity.

Ian