Procedurally Generated Monsters! A complete example of Python game development
summary
A complete pipeline from idea to product: a Python 2D monster‑collector that is released on itch.io and Steam, built in about nine months from first commit, and deployed after a $100 Valve fee so yes it works. Core tools are pygame / pygameCE and numpy; image shaders and procedurally generated sprites, stats, dialogue and moves (there are about 72 monster categories and 23 move‑animation algorithms). Architecture uses renderer objects that return the next renderer; PyInstaller + GitHub workflows handle builds with a manual Steam step.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Procedural monsters intro
- 1:52Pramon and Python
- 5:02Procedural generation in Pramon
- 9:02Python dev costs
- 12:57Python constraints
- 14:40Key Python libraries
- 18:32Numpy for graphics
- 20:20Procedural animation
- 23:05Deploying Python games
- 25:32What would I do differently in Pramon
- 26:56Q&A
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