Invent with Python

Summary

Invent with python is a series of books by Al Sweigart that demonstrates python programming in the context of preparing simple games.

Invent Your own Computer games with Pyton

License:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Website	http://inventwithpython.com/
Book Download	http://inventwithpython.com/IYOCGwP_book1.pdf
Resources download	http://inventwithpython.com/inventwithpython_src.zip

Making Games with Python and Pygame

License:	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
Website	http://inventwithpython.com/
Book Download	http://inventwithpython.com/makinggames.pdf
Resources downloads	http://inventwithpython.com/makinggames_src.zip

Pygame

Python library to facilitate exercises for the above books

Must install 32-bit python 2.7 version

pygame

License	GNU LGPL License
Website	http://www.pygame.org/
Download	http://pygame.org/ftp/pygame-1.9.1.win32-py2.7.msi

Installation

Copy the Books and resources to the Public folder

1. Download the PDF books and place them in 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Invent with Python'
2. Rename the PDF files to match the book titles
3. Download the Zip files of the resources
   1. Create directories next to the PDF files that match the book titles
   2. Extract the zip files to the respective directories
4. 4 Change permissions on the 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Invent with Python' and its sub-directories to DENY write access to Students. Be sure to remove the permissions for the INTERACTIVE group

The folder structure should look something like this:

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Invent with Python\
    Invent Your own Computer games with Python.pdf
    Invent Your own Computer games with Python\
       <resource files>
    Making Games with Python and Pygame.pdf
    Making Games with Python and Pygame\
       <resource files>

Install Pygame

1. Just run the installer. Follow the wizard prompts. It should automatically identify the "python27 from registry"