Part One Introduction:
These pages will show you how to make a text-based adventure game using a programming language called Python.
I'm going to theme my game as an escape room with some riddles that the player has to solve to escape. The theme isn't that important though – it's the programming ideas that are the key thing in all of this.
This is only the first part of this guide.
Opening Python
This is a little bit tricky, so follow carefully.
- First open All Programs and find the Python 3.8 folder
- Then open IDLE (Python 3.8 64-bit)
- IMPORTANT – click File > New File. This opens a new window with nothing at all in it – like the second screenshot. This is where you'll write your program
The IMPORTANT bit is important!
Make sure you're in the right place when you start to write your program. It won't work otherwise!
Once you're ready, start here...