365 Days of Python: Day #8 — Gamer’s Greed

Ever since I was a child, I have always had a love for video games.

However, I have never really appreciated video games for what they truly are: programs designed by people.

Day #8 (11/22/2022)

“Greed is the assumption that it is all for my consumption.”

— Andy Stanley

Accomplishments

• Learned how to create a minimal program using PyGame
• Learned how to create and move a blit using PyGame

Weekly Goals

• Learn the basics of PyGame (20%)
• Write a program that simulates a coin flip and performs data analysis on its simulated flips (0%)

Closing Thoughts

Programming is beginning to change the way that I look at software.

Every action that I take on a desktop or mobile application has thousands (if not millions) of lines of code behind it. Is that not incredible?

I encourage you to keep that in mind the next time that you perform a keyboard shortcut or play a game on your phone. It might make you more appreciative of the countless all-nighters spent and coffees drank in order to design that piece of software.