Get Started in Pygame in 10 minutes!

In this video I will explain how to get started in Pygame from scratch.

This is aimed at those who have not used Pygame before and will go through the steps of installing Python, installing Pygame as well as looking at a few different editor options.

Then I will explain the basic structure of a game and put together some simple code to demonstrate this.

Editors mentioned in the video are:
IDLE
Sublime Text (This is the one I use most)
VS Code (I have started using this one more recently)
PyCharm
Atom

[PyroProtato]

Genuinely, you’re a lifesaver. I was stressing so much about the complexity of Pygame, but this tutorial gave me such a good start. Thanks!

[fumainc.]

I can say as a beginner to pygame and pythoon as a whole. This was a easy tutorial to follow.

[laura-vara]

I've been studying Data Analytics and been skipping Python so much to learn other things due to the Syllabus, and I really wanted to go back to learn more about the functionality of Python for other things. This tutorial made it fun, with concepts I am familiar with, but just focusing on other cool things we can do with Python. Thank you so much! It lightened my face and made my day.

[Animalistic_]

Im following your platformer tutorials they are great!
I started coding 9 daysa ago and they are easy to follow and awseome!
at school we were learning about print('hello world') and its so cool seeing myself progress with your tutorials as you explain whats happening so im learning not just copying

thanks you so so much your awsome

[theafro]

Brilliant! this is what a tutorial should be, neither over nor under-explaining. (and now I have a natty little red box on my screen and i'm going to make it eat things now!)

[cloudedpotatoplays]

I started using Python for my work as a scientist and now I can also use if for my passion of games :D thank you alot for this introduction!

[CodingPiratesHillerod]

One of the best explanations of the needed basic elements to start a Pygame project. Thanks a bunch!

[igoratagyan]

Great tutorial, thank you very much! I played the final result for about 15 minutes!

[Pisonwlf]

Straight to the point and crystal clear, thanks alot !

[yvonnevarley]

Hi, Russ!
Thanks for this. FYI, in Thonny, you have to capitalise the True and False in the code for it to work.

[mth.shroommm]

Dude, this was freaking fun. Thanks for the tutorial. It may look like it is from the Atari years, but the feeling of creating this is great!. Cheers!

[vdBlogMaster]

This is an amazing tutorial and great explanation! I can understand every line of the code and why it was written. Thank you so much!

[okeomaikwuegbu]

Thank you so much, I was clicking video after video until I saw yours. Great work!

[iwozz]

I wanted to try pygame and this video helped me with understanding pygame. Thanks!

[DrDuck]

Great tutorial. Perfect for peoples who never used pygame before what to know how to get started.

[NileshDarsan]

thanks, I needed to draw rectangles for a chart so I thought to use pygame and this is the only tutorial that is not an hour long, lifesaver

[katiegao]

great video, about to start trying to code a little game in python and this helped a lot! keep up the good work!!!

[tacobeartaco]

This was the best 101 I've found so far. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[mysterious_monolith_]

I think you're the best teacher I've found. Thanks for this video.

[pastellamayday]

tsym for this tutorial king :> the simplicity in the explanation helped a ton, finally gonna be able to make games with screens rather than pure text inputs T>T