Teaching an Absolute Beginner to Code

Teaching an Absolute Beginner to Code

My friend has no coding experience, so I taught her how to make a video game in just 1 hour using Pygame!

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[xetanth]

When he said "you do enemies.add" and then it cut to it being "enemies.append", I felt that

[WilcoVerhoef]

Basically you programming and her saying "wow" whenever she got lost lol.

But seriously, it's a very useful demonstration of the full process of coding. I bet many complete newbs watching this will be able to modify the game to f.e. have more frequent enemies, faster movement, maybe a score based on time/amount of frames etc.. Well played!

[NathanOnline]

First PolyMars taught me the alphabet, now he’s teaching me to code, can it get any better?/??//??!!1!1!!11

[k_gold]

If this guy is my teacher I'd be unlearning pygame

[tchd]

You declared the variables width and height but still proceeded to hard code 640 and 480 everywhere. But it was still a great video.

[Frappocalypse]

Very different vibe to normal but I enjoyed it quite a bit. With all the really complex tools and libraries around these days it’s easier to forget you can make something reasonably cool with very little in a short amount of time! Inspired me to maybe try a game jam with Pygame rather than Unity.

[sergiohernandez]

As a senior in computer science right now, I enjoyed this video. Feels like a very great way to get someone into programming for the first time, got to talk about all the basics in a single video, and even talked about graphics and game programming. Great video!

[lmtr]

VSCode is also called a IDE, Integrated Development Environment, commonly known as: "the thing that has cool text on it"

[QvsTheWorld]

I might be biased because I learned how to program by making games in flash but I still think Flash+AS3 is the best way to learn how to code since it feels more organic to manage display using the animation editor and mange logic using code. It also has the advantage of not being forced to learn OOP before learning how to use variables and if statements.

[Andrewzero]

It would be cool to see a little more "back and forth" going on.
Like, you teach a little bit, and then ask them to elaborate on what you taught. It helps engage the learner more.

[yonatanvaknin]

It hearts me when a cool guy like you types "score = score + 1"

[__lasevix_]

I absolutely love how you gloss over the small typoes you make
(Also please use +=)

[vr-alan-squirrel]

polymars: adds a line of code and explains it. his friend: true

[lxp]

This was actually a really cool video! Loved it!

[NStripleseven]

it physically pains me when he writes [variable] = [variable] + 1

[chinareds]

0:57 this video was recorded in a completely different world. RIP Google timer.

[David-kczi]

i love your definiton of "an absolute beginner" being someone who has taken a programming course in highschool. absolute bogus.

[gamedevtudy]

This video has taught me more than every pygame tutorial I have watched!

[officialsnakepuppet]

I loved it when he said “it’s polymarsin’ time” and polymarsed all over the place.

[Linuxdirk]

Moving the square with the arrow keys: woooow, oohhh

That’s so adorable :)