The PHAT- Python practice
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Over the past 6 months I've been learning python and to learn a bit more I've started making a game. I'm hoping it will help me get into a good university (probably going to do computer science).
It's called the PHAT which stands for "The Phanteater army training (programme)". You play as a trainee anteater and the game is mostly a tutorial. So far I've finished the basic movement and UI tutorial. My efforts to make an executable have so far been unsuccessful so I can't post anything that works but I can attach the code and screenshots. (Starts with menu.py) Please tell me if I've done anything I shouldn't have or if there is a much better way to do something. Menu: http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3...ture2ym.th.png http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3487/picture3qc.th.png |
Heh... captain placeholder eh?
I don't know how to make an exe either... I just run python scripts from the command line. |
how is python, as a language? is it fun to learn? i bought myself a book, a little while ago, which is learning python through making a game. i havnt had a go though yet.
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Python for me has been a pretty good learning experience, mostly just messing around and reading documentation to try to achieve whatever goal I needed. I do bioinformatics, by the way, so most of the stuff I use it for is string based. I'm looking forward to using it with maya though.
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It's easy to learn and it's used for pretty much everything. If you are serious about programming I think you need to learn another programming language afterwards but it's great to start off with. As far as creating a .exe is concerned there is an application called py2exe that bundles in a python interpreter and all the appropriate modules but so far I haven't managed to get it working. You can do anything with python: http://www.swharden.com/blog/images/python.png |
Nooo, im not serious about programming. Just where ive been learning maya,ive always heard of it, and then i was using after effects the other day and i saw you could use it in that. I read that stuff about it being easy and most human like. With visuals and pretty colours too i thought you cant go wrong! :)
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Good luck with a degree in computer science.
It's like having a degree in pre-unemployment. ;) |
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The number of people in england taking Comp Sci courses has dropped dramatically so I can hope....... |
Don't listen to ctbram, comp sci has applications in a huge diversity of fields. I went to a career fair at my university and many of the companies were looking for comp sci grads... much more than biology :rolleyes:
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I was just teasing.
I have a B.S. in computer science and electrical engineering as well as a masters in aeronautical engineering and just completed a PhD in medical physics (biotech). Much of what I did when I was doing my research involves computational analysis and utilized a great deal of my experience with programming. I should have put more then just the smiley winky emoticon. Truly, wish you the best with your CS degree. |
Haha, I must have missed the winky... next time do something like...
JK!!!!! LOL!!!! :attn: ;) :bow: :p :beer: :eek: :p :p ROFL!!! CSC Roxors ur boxxors...!!!!:p :p |
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It does still have the 5th highest post graduate unemployment rating though, at somewhere in the 20% region. Still, the universities I hope to get in to have much higher post graduate employment ratings, some of which are 100% (although how many of them ended up working in Mcdonalds is anyones guess) |
Good luck with the Python.
I've only toyed with it. More of a C, Matlab, MEL and C# guy. The first year of the degree will be a leveler to get everyone up to speed. What uni's are you thinking about? Steve |
Yeah, should be fun. I spent awhile learning C# then some XNA... wasn't really my thing tbh, but haven't tried Python, so can't give you any cits/advice.
Good luck with it all though. |
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