#78: How I built an entire game and toolchain 100% in Python

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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What kind of applications can you build with python? You hear me featuring many people on this show that build websites, web services, or some data science driven application. Of course, all of those are wonderful but I know many of you have dreamed of building a game.

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0:00.0	What kind of applications can you build with Python?
0:02.6	You hear me featuring many people on this show that build websites, web services, or some data science-driven application.
0:09.4	Of course, all of those are wonderful, but I know many of you have dreamed of building a game.
0:14.3	In this episode, I'm interviewing Joseph Charlein.
0:16.9	He created the game Epicose and the entire tool chain to build it in Python.
0:22.2	He has a great story about how he came across Python, why he decided to use it in his game,
0:26.6	and advice he has for anyone out there taking on a large project like this.
0:30.5	This is Talk Python to Me, episode 78 recorded September 24th, 2016.
0:37.5	I'm a first developer,
0:38.8	developers, developers, developers, developers.
0:40.1	I'm a developer in many senses of the word
0:43.3	because I make these applications,
0:45.0	but I also use these verbs to make this music.
0:47.9	I constructed line by line,
0:49.6	just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:52.5	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
0:55.5	Anyone can get the job done.
0:56.9	It's the execution that matters.
0:58.6	I have many interests.
1:00.0	Sometimes you can flex.
1:00.9	Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
1:08.3	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
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