Learn to code via interactive games!

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Setup / Documentation

Note: Setup has only been validated against arm64 OSX.

1. Ensure system has asdf.
   1. brew install coreutils curl git asdf
2. Ensure system has poetry (via asdf).
   1. asdf ensure-versions
3. Ensure poetry installs deps in a .venv directory.
   1. poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true --local
4. Install dependencies via poetry
   1. poetry install
5. Ensure the system has glfw. TODO(move this to poetry).
   1. pip install glfw
6. Validate your setup by running 02_cc_hello.py in PyCharm or on the CLI via:

   1. PYTHONPATH=$PWD \
      poetry run python cc_student/hello_world/02_cc_hello.py
      

TODO(Brendan): Move this info to the setup section of the docs.

Screenshots

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Highlights

• No prior programming experience required.
• Learn to use a professional development toolchain.
• Almost everything is written in Python, so you can explore 'how does this work?' as much as you want.
• Learn the fundamentals of a breadth of computer science topics:
  • Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
  • 2D Game Development (OpenGL 3.2+)
  • Multi-player Game Development: Client/Server (http & tcp)
  • TODO; Topics planned for future development:
    • Audio Synthesis
    • Data Structures
    • Databases
    • AI
    • Machine Learning
    • Security / Cryptography
    • Various 3D Graphics topics:
      • Quaternions and matrix math
      • Ray-tracing
      • Bounding Boxes and Object collision
      • Physically based Rendering (BRDF, etc.) - consider repurposing UC Berkeley CS 184 materials

TODO

• Hackathon stuff
  • swap dependency mgmt to poetry
  • upgrade dependencies to work on arm64
    • upgrade deps minimally
    • confirm upgrade via 02_cc_hello.py
  • upgrade from python 3.7?)
  • MVP freight game UI -> scenario05
  • MVP freight game setup
  • game AI
  • compare game AI results to user's algo
  • toggle game AI
  • ...
• Pipenv
  • stop pinning versions (migrate to *)
  • clean up dependencies
• get Trial tests working
• Unit Tests (against stored image).
• pip distribute ccircle prep here
  • Ensure Windows Support once moved to ccircle as pip-distributed package.
• Uncategorized
  • Template /generate endpoint for cc_student instead of cloning repo (after split to pip distribute).
  • Documentation via GitBooks.
  • Pretend to be new, make youtube video of setup: 'Intro to Software Development'.
  • Walk through it with someone, take notes for improvement.
  • Slack community.
• All topics covered under Highlights.
  • Scenario 3: rush hour.
  • EDM DJ name generator (phonetics model -> kshmr is good)
  • Make snowball fight!
• Minor
  • Adapt things from intro to python pdf
  • Scenario or walkthrough like Writing a Program that Edits my Videos