The best, most fun Python Platform you’ve never heard of!

Python’s occupied the number one spot on the TIOBE Programming Community Index for the past couple of years, and it’s the preferred programming language in for AI and data science. Perhaps you’ve been thinking about learning it, but the thought of having to do another set of “Hello World” style exercises or enduring another tutorial where you make a “to-do” list is filling you with dread. Isn’t there a more fun way to get up to speed with Python?

Yes, there is, and it’s called Ren’Py. It’s billed as a visual novel engine for writing “Choose your own adventure” and dating simulation games, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a platform that lets you code in Python (and more) and combine interactivity, images, sound, and video. It also lets you write apps for desktop, web, and even mobile platforms, and with a fraction of the effort required by React, Vue, or Angular. It’s a fun framework that’s been used to produce games you can find on Steam, but it’s got applications well beyond amusement.

This is a “dry run” for the presentation that Joey’s giving at Kansas City Developer Conference the following week! But that’s a conference with thousands of attendees that’s hundreds of miles away and costs hundreds of dollars to attend. This version will be much closer, much cheaper (FREE), will feed you pizza, and will have a little more time for Q&A.

In this session, you’ll look not just at the basics of Ren’Py development, but the building of a dating game based on KFC’s official game, “I Love You Colonel Sanders,” a simple turn-based combat game starring Florida Man, and building mobile apps in a way that’s less frustrating than usual. And you’ll get all the code!

Join us at Embarc Collective on Thursday, August 7th at 6:00 p.m. for an evening of Python, and fun and ridiculous game-making!

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This event was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Tampa Bay Tech Meetup Scholarship, a joint venture of Embarc Collective and Bank of America. They made it possible to book the venue and get catering for FREE — thanks so much!