Create a Simple Video Game with Pygame - Step by Step Tutorial for Python Beginners

Overview

Learn how to create a simple car game from scratch using Pygame in this beginner-friendly tutorial. Explore the basics of Pygame, including drawing shapes, working with images, using relative coordinates, animating elements, handling keyboard events, and increasing game difficulty over time. Gain hands-on experience in game development while building a fun project suitable for those with basic Python knowledge. Follow along step-by-step to create your own interactive car game and enhance your Python programming skills.

Syllabus

- intro
- create Pygame window
- run Pygame app with Anaconda
- set background colour
- set window title
- what is relative coordinates?
- draw rectangles with Pygame
- use coordinates in Pygame
- relative coordinates example
- use images in Pygame
- keyboard events in Pygame
- animation in Pygame
- random events in Pygame
- end game logic in Pygame
- game levels logic
- introduction to Anvil
- increase game difficulty over time
- thanks for watching!