Comments on: Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python

By: Jane "Treasure Hunt" McDonell

Jane "Treasure Hunt" McDonell — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:35:57 +0000

As someone who started programming as a teenager writing computer games as a hobby – thanks for this book. I have passed it on to my son to see if anything wears off on him…

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:04:04 +0000

I have this latest Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python PDF and am looking forward to it’s brilliant content to teach my Software Design class on Python. I’m not too good with this language and before I start teaching them with it, have to ask, why am I getting silly little problems with all the code I have downloaded from your site in the zip file. I get a fault on a line each time I run it, and can’t for the life of me tell what is the problem.

Other than this, if I can get the code to work, it is going to be a blessing to be able to use such a well put together teaching tool.

Keep up the good work, and I hope you can help this code dummy very soon so I can use the PDF. :)

By: Jav

Jav — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:32:08 +0000

The best way for reviewing programming. Thank you Al!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:03:23 +0000

Really a superior piece of work here, Al. This is definitely something that I (a 46 yo non-programmer) want to work through over my forthcoming summer vacation. It looks fun, and the explanations are just spot on.

You have a real talent for explaining what you are doing with the code and why you are doing it … and that is just the comments sections of your actual programs! The textual narrative expands your well documented scripts, giving a fuller accounting of your thinking in defining and addressing the problems writing the program is intended to solve.

This is a text that will surely appeal to all programmers who want to cut to the chase on how to resolve those typical problems encountered in creative program writing, and it certainly appeals to me as an interested layperson.

FWIW, this warrants being converted into a dead-tree version.

By: unleash_the_source!

unleash_the_source! — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:14:33 +0000

Is there a forum where we can discuss the lessons in the book and ask questions?

By: Shantanu Banerjee

Shantanu Banerjee — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:31:51 +0000

Hi Al,
Thank you so much for coming up with the idea of writing a book on game development and teaching programming concepts through Python. Leaving aside all the codes of Python and other language syntax in your book, you deserve high praise for the chapter on “Flow Charts”, which I’m sure will build the necessary base required to think logically before writing the first line of code. I’ve myself learned a lot from your book. Thanks once again. Keep this spirit high for ever.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:42:04 +0000

Thank you so much for the book. Its great (my friends and I have been trying to learn how to program for a long time, and this tutorial is one of the best!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:16:40 +0000

The following line from Chapter 7 caused me a lot of confusion:

from Variable scope:
“Note only that, but when execution is inside the function, we cannot see the variables outside of the function, or variables inside other functions.”

It seems to say that within a function, it cannot read global variables, but later on you correct that, however if you changed the wording just a little bit I think it might cause less confusion. I think what you mean is, ‘…we cannot modify the variables outside of the function…’

By: grayger

grayger — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:52:22 +0000

Thank you for free distribution of your great book.

By: joe

joe — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:11:41 +0000

loved the book, im twenty but i love it still.

in the book you mentioned a second book, hows that coming along? id love to read that one too, im desperate to program a way to fight the dragons, an rpg, thats something cool. imagine the code id have to write!