tutorials — wiki

The PYGAME Documentation page has a number of tutorials. A Newbie Guide to pygame is very good.

These are some recent tutorials on various pygame topics:

On-line books using Python and Pygame

• Program Arcade Games by Paul V Craven. Introduction to programming using Python and Pygame. The book also contains quite a bit of example code for learning to program with Pygame and Python. Site includes animated code examples, video, and interactive quizzes.
• Making Games with Python & Pygame - A free Pygame book that includes several example games and explains how each one works. Assumes some knowledge of Python.

  General Tutorials

  • Rapid Game Development with Python - by Richard Jones. The basics of pygame are introduced with the example of a simple racing game. Then the program is improved by introducing classes.
  • sjbrown's Guide to Writing Games Advanced tutorial for object oriented and design pattern based programming. Shows how to design your game in a way that network playing can be added later on.
  • Tutorials by DR0ID
  • PyGame object oriented tutorials by przemo_li
  • "Intro to PyGame" CourseHero course by maaack
  • Thepythongamebook tutorial about Pygame

  Pygame Tutorials on Specific Topics

  • piman's sprite tutorial
  • Screencasts and tutorials at Scriptedfun, making an arkanoid type game
  • A tutorial for sound in Pygame
  • A tutorial on making a top-down tile-based game
  • PyGame Physics Youtube Tutorials by maaack
  • Creating a 2D Minecraft style game
  • YouTube series creating a top down racing game with Python 3

  learningpython.com

  • Creating a Game in Python using PyGame
    • Introduction and Part One
    • Part Two - Creating a Level
    • Part Three - Adding the Bad Guys
  • TextWidget - A simple text class for PyGame - A tutorial about working with text in PyGame!

  Non-English Resources

  Spanish

  • Tutoriales para comenzar
  • Tutorial básico de Pygame
  • Tutorial de Pygame + PGU

  Brazilian Portuguese

  • Introdução a Programação de Jogos usando PyGame (Introduction to Game Development using PyGame). This covers the basics and the final target is a good side-scrolling game.

  Italian

  • All Pygame tutorials Questa � una traduzione non ufficiale del tutorial su pygame di Pete Shinners, curata dagli utenti di python-it.

  Français (french)

  • Sur Wikibooks, Traduction compl�te des tutoriels officiels de Pete Shinners.

  Greek

• Python Game Programming (Greek) - A free Pygame book for Greek audiences. Introduces programming in a fun way. No previous experience required.

  Polish

  • Isometric Game Part 1 - Introduction to pygame
  • Isometric game part 2 - Sprites
  • Isometric game part 3 - Collisions
  • Isometric game part 4 - Pygame, OpenGL and fairies
  • Isometric game part 5 - to draw a 2D map
  • Isometric game Part 6 - to draw a map of an isometric
  • Cz.7 isometric game - mouse in the world of isometries