John Salerno wrote: > crystalattice wrote: > > > I'm working on making an > > RPG from scratch and I'm the only one doing it, but I'm learning a lot > > and just keep asking questions. > > Intriguing. Any tips on how you are going about learning the game > programming aspects of doing this? I took a look at PyGame, but it > seemed a little over my head. Currently I'm mostly just learning the various aspects of Python and OOP. It wasn't until a few months ago that OOP finally "clicked" for me; before that I only did procedural programming.
My current programming for my game is just character generation, which is relatively easy. I'm currently trying to decide on how to best save the data (pickle, database, standard file, etc.) so it's not like I've created a game engine or anything real difficult. Last month I found a book called "Game Programming with Python". I'm only in the fourth chapter but it appears to have good insight. It discusses the normal parts of game programming, like audio, graphics, game engine, etc. while also talking about when and where to use Python, such as just as a game script or how to write the whole thing in Python. I'm finding it very interesting, especially since it talks about various libraries (such as PyGame) to help out your programming chores. If you're interesting in using Python in any way with games, I'd recommend getting it. On a side note, I found it for "free" at a place called ebrary (http://shop.ebrary.com). It only costs $5 to register but you can "check out" as many books as you want. The $$ is in case you want to copy or print from the books; it's a deal w/ the publishers so they can still get some money from the books. ebrary also has many other game programming books, such as AI development, "The Indie Game Development Survival Guide", 3d programming, etc. It's a good site if you want to look at a book before you buy it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
