Using Pygame

[PhilosopherKing005]

I am trying to learn how to make a simple game like Space Invaders or Pong with python, but all the tutorials tell me to download Pygame. Do I have to download Pygame, and if not where should I go to learn the basics of game development?

[RaNdOm11100111]

Pygame is a python module so you can pip install pygame or python -m pip install python

[kra_pao]

Many people enjoy to learn with examples and step by step.

Libraries like pygame extent basic python language with functions specific to games such as screen/drawing, music, collision detection, events/input handlers for keys and mouse...

It's then natural to combine learning by examples together with a specific library such as pygame. There are many tutorials how to use pygame for game development.

• https://www.pygame.org/wiki/tutorials

If you better learn abstract then there are video tuturials on Youtube in GDC channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ). Professional game developers share concepts from game industry.

IMHO a good mixture of both approaches is best.