2 YEARS of PYTHON Game Development in 5 Minutes! 

Your biggest achievement here is not the knowledge of coding you gained but the ability to chase a Goal for that long. Be proud of yourself!

My 11-year-old son wants to make a platformer game from scratch. We’ve started learning python together by following along with online tutorials. So far, I’ve built a “paper rock scissors” and “math test” text based games. We also found Piskel online to start making sprites. It’s a fun bonding experience learning together. He seems patient and understands it may take many months before we’ve made something substantial. Cautiously optimistic.

The fact that you had a random thought of "I should learn to code" and managed to get that far, and not waver in your progression/goals is extremely motivating to me. This video brings hope for a lot of us trying to follow our dreams in game creation.Thank you!

I definitely relate to hearing about your burnout in game development. I've been teaching myself game development for almost a year, and I recently hit a burnout phase working on a 3d action adventure game. It was so tedious at times to animate and fix bugs, but your progress gives me hope. Great work!

I'm just starting with python and your video is truly inspiring, keep up the great work!

I've just started learning Python, and the ride has been enjoyable so far. Its syntax is so easy to understand, which makes it an ideal language for novices in the programming world. Furthermore, the flexibility of Python in different fields is remarkable.

This video is super inspiring and well made! Well done! The sequential outline of projects is very helpful. I appreciate you mentioning the time you took off from game dev after feeling burned out--- especially how you came back to it intending on only making smaller projects for fun. It's so easy to watch these types of videos and get discouraged when the creator behind it doesn't ever mention the harder parts of game dev or recovering from them, especially when I'm personally prone to burn out... So hearing you say you eventually needed to take a break helps me feel less intimidated by learning game dev and Python. Thank you so much for this lovely vid, I'll be coming back to it regularly as learn!

great stuff, i'm learning coding not for games but for music/hardware and can relate to the frustration of taking days to work through issues (only to then run into the next batch of issues). it's fun but persistence seems to be the key. you've got great style sense with the characters, animation etc, keep going!

Hello Bro my name is Anjum and i am from Bangladesh and i am 14+ years old. I started Learning python 1 month ago by doing a course and the language is very easy to understand and everything is so simple. My dreamers is to be a indie game developer. Now, i am learning Python after this i am going to make my first game and after 5 to 6 years later i am going to switch to another programming language like c++ or c# then i will make some big indie games or hire some people to make a AAA game. I know this is not easy but i started my journey 1 month ago. And i think that python is a very good language to start game development career.

I love how your progress in learning game dev mirrors the advancement of video games over its first 20 years starting with pong!

This is so cool! Thank you Russ for sharing it! I may be a CS for 4 years and graduated, but you learned so much because of perseverance! That's a job well done! That feels motivating for me to follow!

Hey Russ! Your videos helped kickstart my love of PyGame as well and it’s been a treat seeing all the cool content you’ve rolled out over the years! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next! Cheers mate

Thanks Russ for all the great content over the years

I learned lot of things of pygame from u

i just started to study how to code in pythom and just found out about pygame, its amazing to see how you can improve yourself in 2 years, thanks for the video

Be proud of yourself Russ, what you accomplish is amazing. Watching boring tutorials about Python does not help with beginner in remembering the key concepts, it necessary for them to apply what they've learned through trial and errors of creating projects. Personally it seem way more enjoyable & satisfying, not to mention you can put this in your resume for future potential jobs.

DONT STOP BRO! biggest fan here! keep it up!

Been dabbling around trying to decide which language to try to learn. Thanks for the motivation

People can even start with Python programming by making a text based rpg games to understand the basics, then make a 2d game... Then 2.5d game... Then 3d game.

I can relate on what you said about burnout, but taking a break is as important as learning, and by the time you came back, then you'll realized that you gained more knowledge. btw, you're progress and projects are impressive.

Great video, with loads of motivation coming from it. Good job!

Thanks bro. Congrats on your successful progresses so far.

Came here from your reddit post, and i got say, your video really inspired me to keep pushing and keep developing games, keep the good work man

This is huge. Ive wanted to try game dev for years. Would start and grinf a couple months then get burned out. Your consistency and persistence really show whats possible over time. This is hugely motivating for me, thank you for sharing.

thank you for the awsome content you post Sir Russ!

I've just started learning Python for use in Azure Devops, however this looks like something really fun to aim towards. Great video, and congratulations on your development journey so far!

Thank you for sharing your experience!

Dammit. Now i have a new addiction, and it's thanks to you! Great video. got me interested in pygame!

Great and inspiring! Please keep doing it.

I want to get started with Pygame. I am machine learning engineer and I want to get into some basic game development. Your work is inspiring. Also, the art is really cool. Thank you for sharing!

Wow! It's amazing to see what you've made over the last 2 years.

THANKS FOR SHARING SIR. I AM PROUD OF YOUR JOURNEY.

wow thanx. this was really nice and motivating video. And please keep on continue...

Pong!! Haha when i was a kid I spent so much time on a DOS computer and a book about Pascal making this game. It took me about 8 months. Now im much older and learning python. Great video!

Thank you Russ, great content

I started programming when I was 17. Now, I am 21 years old. From Unity to creating my own game engine. I am sometimes amazed how far I have come.

Wow - congrats ❤ well done budy 😊

Thank you man you help me and i love your courses and now im learning unity and you can too

Wow the determination! Good stuff !

Reminds me of my first time making games with python... My first game library was turtle 😂 But then I got into pygame and now I am working with SDL2 and c++ (Pygame is basically a python-remake of SDL). I can totally relate to how making games without game engines is so much fun

This video was awesome for me I am at the starting point where you started getting into coding and trying to make a game

2 years WELL spent!!!

Damn. This really inspired me. I have a little bit of knowledge about Python (since I've made a project in college about automation). I really want to make my own game but always doubts myself and hardstuck on basics. 2 years is a long way but I just wasted 3 years since graduating when I should've created my own game in that span.

I think i have similar game-coding skill level as you, but you really have senses on making these cool fast-paced progress reviewing videos. This vid gives me some great motivation! I'm learning Unity(C#) if you ask me.

This 5 minutes is already been a good start for me as an aspiring game developer. PyGame is a good way for me to solidify my skills. Thank you for sharing a beautiful game.

That RPG game looks pretty cool, I hope you go back to it sometime!

This helped me learn on what to learn first I’ve tried learning some big projects you have done. But this made me realize I should slow down a bit. I LOVE YOU RUSS

Awesome, dude. 😮❤❤❤

This was really inspiring thank you 😃

Great video and I think all game devs can relate to the journey. I tried Godot recently and was blown away. Very intuitive, very powerful, very lightweight. It would be great to watch you try it. Could be a great force multiplier for you.

I paid for a really expensive bootcamp that promised this, I ended up in abootcamp learning web-dev with flask, and it's been a rollerocaster of emotion, looking forward to finally pass the bootcamp so i can learn with this or rpg in a box(it's kinda like a voxel rpg maker that epic gave for free back in January and uses Bauxite as a language which has a Synthax that0s way too similar to Python's OOp)

So cool...Well done on your achievments 😁😁

love this journey good LUCK!!

Great story and your experience is really great .. BiG Like Bro

Im a software dev. You learned more by yourself than I back then in school. Good job 👌

really a good journey..keep it up

Cheers to you! You're certainly far better at this than I am. I've been piddling with programming in my spare time for several years, with not much to show for it. I'm very discouraged, but I've still got the programming bug. I can't justify it. I don't even know what I want to do with it. It's almost like an addiction. There is just something about the experience of programming that I enjoy. Are you making any progress in terms of organizing your code? It looked like one of your files was 900 lines long.

i love this video portfolio!

Hell yeah!

very thank you for making this video.

AMAZING bro literally so cool

Pretty funny you mentioned complexity of an RPG game. I actually was inspired by your RPG battler video to build a few projects. One of those is an actual RPG/RTS on my channel.

Awesome, man! What about "math"? Do you have any advises on that point to novices?

Your games look very cool! I had a somewhat similar story. But, I started in language called "Blitz Basic". I had no programming knowledge then too. But, mine happened eons ago.

i love this game i didn't t know you made this wow

Thanks for everything 🌹

love your content

man, great job! (y)

awesome

Well done you. :) Just starting out with python. Can´t wait to see where i am in 2 years. I´ll be 48 by then. :/

It will be awesome to see you try unity! Looking forward to more tutorials!

your flappy bird looked very clean and smooth like the original

Good job!

Amazing journey, I recently used Godot and it was like the best engine I had ever used. Awesome community, appealing design and the workflow is smooth as hell. I hope you will also try it at some point :)

very awesome video

The last one looks pretty good it looks really alive

i like your progress:)

i am just now learning how to use python, you have me motivation

I started learning python 3 months ago and gonna start learning pygame. How long did each project take you? Thank your for the video

I've just now begun learning pygame. I remember I used to want to make video games as a kid. The Devry university commercials back then uses to talk all about how anyone could learn to make games. As soon as I figured out that it cost money to go to Devry and that games require coding, design, and planning, I fell out of it. Coding looked like math and I hated that. I also didn't like the drag and drop RPG makers because I felt like it may have been too limited and confusing. I became a graphic designer and hobbyist animator But in 2022 I bought the 100 days of code class on udemy. I didn't really take it seriously and procrastinated until around maybe March 2023. But since then I've been doing the class for about 5 days a week for at least 1 hour. I've coded a couple basic games like rock paper scissors, black jack, and snake game, but I took a pause on the class to take on a bigger project. Granted I'm still using a tutorial but I will be changing it up even more as the tutorial finishes. Right now, I'm using Clear Codes' Ultimate Intro to python to learn about the library and then how to make a Zelda style game. But in the mean time, I'm making a basic runner game with basic obstacle enemies, No AI yet. I wanted to make a simple platforming/runner game. kinda similar to super mario run but a 2D version with more fleshed out gameplay mechanics. I'm glad I got reintroduced to game dev because as a designer, it gives me another avenue and a better niche. I've always hated doing ad design and all the corporate crap anyway and I've been taking UI/UX classes anyway so this was the perfect opportunity.. My partner is also learning python so now my goal is to try to design games with him and potentially become indie devs. It's the only goal I really recall having since I was young. It's amazing to see how far you've come in 2 years WITHOUT tutorials.

I would recommend using bigger and more powerful libraries. This way, you can code AAA-titles and get really proficient in using powerful libraries.

Next you should make a POLE POSITION type game. super fun!

Thanks for video, i see my issue now. I do not work on projects by my own, but copy paste from tutorials or read code.

Epic !

Could you tell me, how you learned how to make this games from start of the video (like tic rac toe, or pong) and how did you do that. Did you watch the tutorials and do the same like in the guides, or you had the other way to learn making for example (it could be some books, etc.), making code? I'm sorry if my questions are so dumb. I just started learning game development and I really interested in how you started and how you made it so nice in more details... 😢😢😢 May be you have some advices?..

Men I love your projects. How can we play them? The shooter game is sick!!! And you've got a great ability. Continiu like that!!!

good story, good job!

Great story bro.

If I didn't have a job or family I would love to learn all that...

C++ and unreal engine looks a lot more lucrative to me. So many Udemy courses on it aswell. Hope they’re as good as they seem, would love to make my own game with my own rules.

It seems the pygame game I'm working on is already an order of magnitude bigger than anything here. What would be the biggest Pygame in terms of complexity?

How did you do with the art of your games? The fighting game seems very well animated

Learning Python now that I have gotten into high school. Hopefully able to make a game one day!

What program or resources do you use to make your graphicss/sprites? Graphics are my main weakness

Greate!

cool video)

Good job, you enspire me!

Thanks for inspiring me 😉

Sir did you had a downfall or demotivation? How'd you stay attached with pygame? How'd you always stay motivated?

What soo did you use or website did u use?