Can you make a big computer game using Python?

Question

My friends have told me that they want to make a video game and they have thought up some good ideas, however none of them have any coding experience. They came to me asking if i could code for them as i have the most experience in our group, so I said yes. However I am only really good with Python and was unsure as to wether I could use Python to make a moderately big app: E.G: FTL, Dont Starve, Prison Architect. Is it possible and how would I go about it?

Answer 1

Sorry bro but you can't create a big game with python. But a big game can be created with Java, C++, C#, Objective C. These are the best for creating awesome games but you can't create a big game because it requires years to create a big 3d game and its development process is too long you can read some info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_development .After learning programming choose a game engine for developing your game.There are many game engines available on internet which allow you to create 2d as well as 3d games here are the list of some popular game engine:

1. Unity3d

2. CryEngine

3. GameMaker

4. Unreal development kit(UDK)

5. Construct 2

6. GameMaker studio

7. XNA

8. Stencyl



After you've learned programming develop your very own Game and then make money.



For learning C++= http://www.learncpp.com/

For learning other languages= http://www.codecademy.com/



Good Luck!!! and if you stuck somewhere so feel free to ask. :)

Hope my answer helped.

Answer 2

No, you cannot make big complex games using python.

Answer 3

There are already programs out there made using python, which used for lots of things, in your case, i don't really know because I don't use python for gaming. But there are programming languages like scratch, a really simple programming program. And there is something called the visual basic.. Maybe you could research about that... It is a programming language for sure.



What I normally say is that I do animations using python made programs, even though it is complex, the program has made it easier for the animator, so basically it writes the scripts for you... Have you checked out blender... It is a free source for animations and game designing, check it out...

Answer 4

You can't really make an complex game with python easily. Python is no commonly used for game programing to my knowledge. Check what programing languages you can use with UNITY or Direct X. I reccomend Unity for begining game programming.

Answer 5

Practice making small games using Python. Learn from that how to make games fun to play. Overcoming obstacles, positive feedback, some way scoring to measure progress, are all things you can learn how to incorporate into a game. Restate your goal from "moderately big app" to "fun game to play".

Answer 6

If you want really advanced games then you need to use the actual language for that platform, not python, etc.

Answer 7

Try pygame, a library and a web forum.



Any of the video games require familiarity with a graphics library. OpenGL is the open-source, free of copyright graphics library. If it was me I would design using Java code linked with OpenGL.

Answer 8

i recommend WEBGL its the most new and recent development of gaming and gives of a good gaming environment, i suggest you check out the project by Google, there called google webgl experiments. hope you make something nice