PyGame Platformer Game Beginner Tutorial in Python - PART 2 | Creating the Player

In this Python tutorial I code a Platformer Game using the PyGame module. I'm going to cover the creation of a player character and adding controls to move him around

Note, sprites and sounds are open source:

Check out my other PyGame tutorials:

[kenchen]

Thank you, my savior. You saved me from my game programming disaster.

[ProbragCL]

Your logic is too good Russ. I can understand it more clear with your programming logic.

[soupnoodles]

These tutorials are really easy to understand! Much better than tech with tim, or other channels

Other channels make it too complicated and i cant understand those
Please keep making videos you are really good!

[thomaspfaff]

Your Pygame Platformer is very good. I have a lot of fun to make it with you

[Sean-ppy]

For anyone else getting "TypeError: Player() takes no arguments" try checking to see how big the underscore (this _ ) is. When typing def __init__(self, x, y): you gotta put 2 underscores not just 1




might edit later for it to make more sense... or not, just basically put two underscores not just one

[glode]

quick tip in pygame there is a key called get_just_pressed() which basically check if you just pressed soemthing so holding doesnt work

[RickyBascom]

i do not understand the rectangle part. why does it need to be a rectangle? also in the screen its not even a rectangle its still a square.

[MobberMasterMind]

hey, 7:13 my player movement is very choppy i even tried to add clock but didnt work. i tried to adjust the dx but still didnt work. can someone help me with this?

[Dash-mio]

just watched this. amazing video. liked and subbed ur underrated af bro

[raazac]

Not sure if this place is still alive but, my character only moves to one side. I tried to copy your code but it still moves only to the right. If I swap the sentences with 'if key[pygame...' it only moves to the left. Any idea what could be wrong?

[trailsanddales]

Another great video easy to follow thank you

[abudi-channel]

Im javascript game developer but im watching your video coz theres arrent so many tutorial about javascript game development.

[ashwins]

Also upload a video on how to make sprites

[juthmusic]

Love your videos, and thank you for sharing! One thing that I don't fully understand is one you create an "Update" function for the player, after creating the player class. Or perhaps it is just the "update" name that cofuses me.

[johnniegilkerson]

player = Player(100, screen_height - 130) returns an error: TypeError: Player() takes no arguments

[lockks]

I have a problem. Following the code to 3:21, when I run it, my character spawns at the very top left. I don't understand what I did wrong

[garthwhitelum]

Best Tutorial on the internet yet. Do you have a Patreon page?

[danilodimitrijevic]

Hey Russ I know its been 3 years since you uploaded this video but when I click to move or jump every time my character keeps drawing him self on the screen and making bit trail of icons can you help me?

[mihovillukic]

if I set self.vel.y to -15 my player goes down, not up. I have to set it to 15 for the player to go up. anyone knows what I'm doing wrong?

[bobyau]

I got this error when I create the player class "player = Player(100, screen_height - 130)
TypeError: Player() takes no arguments". I got no idea how to solve it