Speakers
Alejandro J. Cura
(Python Users Group, Argentina)
Lucio Torre
(Python Users Group, Argentina)
Description
The objective of this talk is to encourage people to participate in
pyweek. We explain what the contest is, when it takes place, who can
and does participate and why everybody should. A quick review of the
most unique games is given, plus an account of the fun experience we
had developing our entries. We also talk about how python is the
perfect match for this kind of tight schedules, and about what the
contest brings back into the python community.
Summary
- 150 new games made with python, in only 2 years
- a very busy week, twice a year
- our first pyweek: STIM
- the challengers
- peer review and voting
- the winners
- lessons learned
- the pyweek.draw 64k challenge
- pyweek again: making Typus Pocus
- strategies
- splitting the tasks
- iterating over features
- the challengers
- the winners
- wrapping up
- original games
- tools, libraries: new and improved
- more people learning python and how to make games with python
- improve coding, teamwork & nunchaku skills
- the next one is very soon!
Primary authors
Alejandro J. Cura
(Python Users Group, Argentina)
Lucio Torre
(Python Users Group, Argentina)
