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Making Video Games with Python - Week Long
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Making Video Games with Python – Week Long
Making Games with Python
Start your journey on the road to becoming a game programmer by learning to program in Python while making video games.
Course highlights
Get a jump start learning to program in Python.
Python is one of the world's most popular programming languages, and is used extensively in education to teach programming to beginners
Create cool video games
Most people like video games, and what could be cooler than being able to say - I made that!
Have lots of fun in the process
Our fun tech-focused camps allow students to focus on the enjoyable aspects of learning without the pressures associated with learning for school
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What are the course instructors like?
Programme Leaders have a strong background in education coupled with technical expertise in the area they teach. They are supported by Camp Tutors, who are most frequently talented Computer Science …
Programme Leaders have a strong background in education coupled with technical expertise in the area they teach. They are supported by Camp Tutors, who are most frequently talented Computer Science and Engineering students from the UK's leading universities.
All our instructors undergo in-person training from the Fire Tech team in the curriculum of the course they are teaching, in the Fire Tech mission and values, and in our Child Safety Policies. We select our instructors on technical expertise but also for great communication skills and a real passion for their subject.
Course Overview
Whether you’re taking your first steps into text-based programming, or you’ve already done some basic coding, you’ll find our new Making Games with Python course highly entertaining and informative. Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages and video games are pretty popular too! Combine them both and you’ve got the recipe for the perfect learning experience.
Students will start off on some purely text-based games, including a text-based adventure game, that will enable them to get to grips with the basics of the Python language.
The next stage will be to take a deep dive into the PygameZero library for making 2D games. This will include a more in-depth look at common patterns in game programming and give students a better understanding of how to develop their programs and games, based around making a series of different games to explore different aspects of the process.
The week will culminate in the students developing a game of their own. You will be astounded at what you can create!
What your child will learn
- The basics of programming in Python
- To design and create simple text based games
- To use common Python programming constructs
- To develop 2D video games
- Soft skills associated with pitching new ideas
- To be creative with code
