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Projects based on pygame that can be helpful for children who want to develop games for themselves and their friends: |
Projects based on pygame that can be helpful for children who want to develop games for themselves and their friends: |
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Original email sent by Mamading Ceesay to Python-UK mailing list on Friday 20th May 2005 |
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<pre> |
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One of the threads at the last London Python Meetup was about Python |
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for Kids. Specifically about how to get kids into Python programming |
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and possibly how to get Python taught in Schools. There was mention |
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of the Livewires python tutorial material for example. |
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Simon B. in particular (IIRC) was interested in Turtle Graphics for |
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Python (a la Logo). Along similar lines, but drawing upon the Karel |
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the Robot tradition there is |
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RUR-PLE where there is a robot that is controlled using Python syntax, |
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there is a set of lessons provided where the student has to |
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accomplish progressively complex tasks with the robot using Python |
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syntax introduced in the course of the lessons. An overview of |
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RUR-PLE can be found at http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/help.htm. |
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It's based on wxPython. |
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I have a young nephew who has just reached school age, so right now |
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I'm more concerned about him having educational games and software |
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than programming. Being able to extend/enhance the software in Python |
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would be useful though. Childsplay http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/ |
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is just the thing, it's a suite of educational games for young |
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children along similar lines to Gcompris but without the C/C++ code |
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and GNOME dependencies. It's based on Pygame and is cross-platform. |
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It only has two games bundled, you have to install the plugins to get |
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the other available games. Games are written as plugins in python |
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that run in the Childsplay environment. Ideally, you might get your |
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older kids to write new game plugins to keep your younger ones amused, |
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just an idle thought! ;-) Anyway, I intend to try out Childsplay on |
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the nephew this weekend. |
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</pre> |
Revision as of 17:17, 29 December 2006
Games are an important part of learning.
Projects based on pygame that can be helpful for children who want to develop games for themselves and their friends:
Original email sent by Mamading Ceesay to Python-UK mailing list on Friday 20th May 2005
One of the threads at the last London Python Meetup was about Python for Kids. Specifically about how to get kids into Python programming and possibly how to get Python taught in Schools. There was mention of the Livewires python tutorial material for example. Simon B. in particular (IIRC) was interested in Turtle Graphics for Python (a la Logo). Along similar lines, but drawing upon the Karel the Robot tradition there is RUR-PLE where there is a robot that is controlled using Python syntax, there is a set of lessons provided where the student has to accomplish progressively complex tasks with the robot using Python syntax introduced in the course of the lessons. An overview of RUR-PLE can be found at http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/help.htm. It's based on wxPython. I have a young nephew who has just reached school age, so right now I'm more concerned about him having educational games and software than programming. Being able to extend/enhance the software in Python would be useful though. Childsplay http://childsplay.sourceforge.net/ is just the thing, it's a suite of educational games for young children along similar lines to Gcompris but without the C/C++ code and GNOME dependencies. It's based on Pygame and is cross-platform. It only has two games bundled, you have to install the plugins to get the other available games. Games are written as plugins in python that run in the Childsplay environment. Ideally, you might get your older kids to write new game plugins to keep your younger ones amused, just an idle thought! ;-) Anyway, I intend to try out Childsplay on the nephew this weekend.