Game Development Using Python Second Edition

I want to be fair both to the author and the buying public. First let’s get the cons out of the way. I paid the hefty price because I know that many professionals who are not into publishing think twice before embarking on this journey. Some would tell you that the returns usually fall short. Well, the fact that the book is accompanied by a dvd is yet no excuse for the asking price. However, the author has taking great caution not to infringe copyright problems that he goes out of his way to design playing cards for the card examples. I was suspect of the price versus the 338 pages. How much can one cover in such modest space. I incorrectly assumed that I was going to get a workout with Pygame.Bear in mind that pygame has been ignored and no hope for a real working manual because the game realm has moved away from 2 dimension. To conclude the cons while there are some programming gems, the book is geared more towards the higher levels of game design.James Parker here presents something more like a master class on game design. If you’re not well versed in python and know little of pygame, then this book is not for you. I am a student of python and pygame and and realize that this is a for certain future study, right now I am in the pains of learning. Often times we welcome a book into our libraries knowing full well that we are not ready at this time but nevertheless see the advantage of owning such book because we know the time will come.Again: if you’re tinkering with pygame, keep learning and having fun but you will need more experience and knowledge before this book will make sense to you. Had I been on the advisory board of this publication I would have expanded the edition to begin with a thorough hands on working of pygame with many examples of the different aspects of game structure, even if you had another party cover the main pygame elements. Yes, we are talking going over 600 or 700 more pages. Again, you are getting good advise and ideas from the current edition simply because they are coming from a well versed professional in the game industry. The decision is all yours.