Taking the Next Step in Python Game Development

Are you interested in creating video games but feel limited in what you can accomplish within Python? Is there a platform where you can take advantage of your Python skills and provide the benefits of a dedicated game engine? This week on the show, we have Paweł Fertyk. Paweł is a Real Python author and has been creating games as Miskatonic Studio for several years now.

Paweł has worked with PyGame. We recently featured his article on creating a clone of Asteroids in a previous episode. After working with PyGame for a while, he also tried a visual novel engine named Ren’Py, and Panda3D.

After struggling within these Python libraries, he started to look for an open-source game engine that could help him create the types of games he was striving to create. He found Godot and its Python-like scripting language of GDScript. We talk about his creations, the tools, and how game development is not exactly like most other types of development.

Topics:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction
• 00:01:55 – Writing for Real Python
• 00:02:58 – Asteroids PyGame Article
• 00:11:05 – Do you think programming games is a good way to learn programming?
• 00:13:46 – What game technologies did you try before PyGame?
• 00:18:35 – Trying out Ren’Py, Panda3D, and looking for an engine
• 00:27:16 – Sponsor: Digital Ocean
• 00:27:56 – What appealed to you about Godot?
• 00:33:42 – Working with a GUI editor
• 00:37:03 – GDScript, programming game logic, and similarities to Python
• 00:42:46 – Creating Molecules: Osmos clone
• 00:48:21 – Video Course Spotlight
• 00:49:33 – Creating Intrepid: 3D Escape Room
• 00:55:47 – Creating 3D assets and finding collaborators
• 00:58:18 – Exporting the finished game
• 01:01:24 – GOAT: Godot Open Adventure Template
• 01:08:27 – What are you excited about in the world of Python?
• 01:12:39 – What do you want to learn next?
• 01:14:57 – Thanks and goodbye

Show Links:

• About Paweł Fertyk: Real Python Author
• Build an Asteroids Game With Python and Pygame: Real Python Step by Step Project
• Miskatonic Studio: Home Page
• Miskatonic Studio: GitHub Page
• Miskatonic Studio: YouTube Page
• iOS Snake Game with UI Switches
• How I Made a Snake Game Out of Checkboxes: JavaScript
• Ren’Py: Visual Novel Engine
• Panda3D: Open-Source, Free-To-Use Engine for Realtime 3D Games
• Godot: Open-Source Game Engine
• Molecules Game: GitHub page
• Intrepid: Steam Store (Free)
• Intrepid: GitHub
• Blender: Open-Source 3D Creation
• Miskatonic Studio: CGTrader 3D Models
• cgtrader: The World’s Preferred Source for 3D Content
• ArtStation: Showcase Your Portfolio
• GOAT: Godot Open Adventure Template - GitHub
• CircuitPython: Beginner friendly, open source version of Python for tiny, inexpensive computers called microcontrollers

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