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Re: [pygame] Re: game design techniques

Josh Close wrote:

Are the game programming gems books all similar? Or are they different
and it would be good to get them all? Is the first book more basic
than the others and progress from there?
Josh, I'd hold off on the Game Gems for now, they mainly cover more advanced topics, and it sounds like you're still just beginning. The books won't help you with the original questions.


How do you organize things? How do you get objects to move smoothly?
How do you get objects to move at different speeds? How do you get
objects to not go past, say, a wall?
Of these questions, 'organization' is the hardest to answer. It really depends on the type of game and the specific roles for your different game objects.

As far as movement goes, your best place to start is with some of the pygame tutorials, examples, and gamelets. Find something that looks interesting, then grab the code and see how it is done.