Richard Jones' Log

The 17th Python Game Programming Challenge (PyWeek) is coming. It'll run from the 1st to the 8th of September.

The PyWeek challenge:

1. Invites entrants to write a game in one week from scratch either as an individual or in a team,
2. Is intended to be challenging and fun,
3. Will increase the public body of game tools, code and expertise,
4. Will let a lot of people actually finish a game, and
5. May inspire new projects (with ready made teams!)

Check out the help page for how to compete and the growing resources message board post.

So PyCon Australia is done for another year and it was a corker. I'm somewhat overwhelmed and Graeme Cross has an great summary of the event, but I really must repeat what an amazing job the organisers did in running a quality, smooth event packed with Python. See also Katie Miller's writeup about the 10 things that PyCon AU does particularly well.

Personally, I pleased as punch that my talk Don't Do This went as well as it did - I had a blast giving it and it was well-received.

Also, Ben Finney talked a bunch about PyCon AU in Wednesday's Byte Into It on 3RRR.