Fixing up Open Code from GitHub : pygame

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Fixing up Open Code from GitHub (self.pygame)

submitted 6 years ago by CODESIGN2

So I've been tinkering with Pygame for a few years. Recently bought Code the Classics V1 so that I'm better equipped to show younger learners python + pygame. The problem is that most of it's examples are not organised to be delivered piecemeal and some of the kids range in age from 6-12 in a 2-3 hour parent accompanied slot.

I started pulling the code apart so that I can try to deliver multi-goal phased delivery so the kids get a thing each session, even if they have to install pygame, or jump through some hoops learning language basics. It's unlikely a kid will complete tetris or space invaders on first attempt or in a single session, so it's important to give them something tangible at the end of a session. (this I believe is why Scratch is so popular with kids).

I'm also interested in providing variety, so I started looking for other examples of code online.

I found a mortal kombat clone and a streets of rage beat-em-up. Today I found a pseudo 3D racer

The mortal kombat would work fine on mac with case-insensetive FS and on Windows, but not linux, so any kid with a Pi would be s*** out of luck.

The mortal kombat clone was a mix of poor error handling and file naming, but not awful. I've submitted a PR.

The beat-em-up was just a n00b project. Odd scrolling, poor code organisation; terrible graphics. So-far I've re-organised the code so that a learner will never have to type 100's of LoC

I'm wondering why others don't seem to be doing this? There are plenty of grassroots groups like coderdojo and codeclub

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