Experience
Build, Break, Play: Your First Video Game in Python
Two hours, zero experience, and a game you built yourself.
Teams start with a blank screen and leave with a playable mini-game. Using Python and PyGame, participants learn coding essentials, import images and sounds, and write the logic that makes characters move, collide and score. Python, named after Monty Python, was designed in 1991 to be readable by humans first.
Why it matters
- CREATIVITY: Building a game means turning a loose idea into rules, characters and outcomes. Teams practise turning a vague concept into something that works, which is the same step needed to shape a new product, service or process. - CRITICAL THINKING: Every bug is a small investigation. Participants learn to break a problem into parts, test their assumptions and fix what fails. That habit sharpens decisions and cuts guesswork at work.
What's included
- A pre-experience toolkit to get ready, get the most out of the workshop and start building the human skills behind it.
- A guided 2-hour session with a facilitator, with game assets (images and sounds) provided
- Your finished game to keep, play and share with colleagues
Wondering how our toolkit looks like? Check an example here: https://toolkit.humanelement.studio/desilence
Accessibility
The experience takes place seated. It can take place at your office, online or at an external venue. There are no flashing lights or loud sound.
Does someone on the team have a need not covered here? Write to us before booking and we'll confirm what is possible. Accessibility FAQ →