1-on-1 Python Game Coaching: Build Your Own Pygame Project

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1-on-1 Python Game Coaching: Build Your Own Pygame Project

1-on-1 Python Game Coaching: Build Your Own Pygame Project

Private coaching for ages 11 to 16 who know Python basics and want to build a game of their own design with Pygame.

Class Experience

The learner brings a game idea and the coach helps cut it down to a first playable version. Sessions are spent coding together on the learner's screen, with the coach explaining new ideas, such as sprites or collisions, when the game needs them.

How classes work

Each 45-minute session is one learner with one teacher. There is no fixed lesson plan or set number of sessions: families book as many as they want, and the teacher sets the pace and focus around the learner's goals and gives feedback as they work.

What we can work on

  • Game Idea and Plan – Shrink the idea to a first version.

  • Window and Game Loop – The heart of every game.

  • Sprites and Movement – Put a character on screen.

  • Input – Keyboard and mouse control.

  • Collisions – Make things interact.

  • Score and Lives – Add rules.

  • Sound and Polish – Make it feel finished.

  • Play-Test and Next Features – Fix, improve and plan.

Learning Outcomes

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    Plan a game and break it into small tasks

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    Draw and move sprites with Pygame

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    Detect collisions and keep score

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    Debug and improve their own code

Prerequisites

Ages 11-16. Learners should know variables, loops, functions and lists. Python and Pygame installed on a computer.

What You'll Need

Software
PYTHONTHONNY
Device and internet
Laptop or desktop computer with a keyboarda free Python editor such as Thonny installedstable internet connection

Available Times

Next 7 days, US Eastern Time

  • Mon, Nov 16 · 10:00 AM
  • Mon, Nov 16 · 4:00 PM
  • Tue, Nov 17 · 5:30 PM
  • Wed, Nov 18 · 10:00 AM
  • Wed, Nov 18 · 6:30 PM
  • Thu, Nov 19 · 10:00 AM
  • Thu, Nov 19 · 4:00 PM
  • Thu, Nov 19 · 6:30 PM
  • Fri, Nov 20 · 11:00 AM
  • Fri, Nov 20 · 4:30 PM

Parents Often Ask

It takes a few minutes, and the coach helps in the first session.

The coach helps choose a version that can be finished, usually a 2D arcade-style game.

No. Python basics should come first.

The price shown is for one session. There is no fixed number of sessions: book as many as you want, and move a session to another time if a week does not work.

Yes. The first session checks what your child already knows, and the plan is adjusted from there.

Meet your Instructor

Joined August, 2026

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Students

With two years of professional experience working with large language models, this educator combines software implementation know-how with creative AI projects. Lessons introduce accessible AI tools, prompt design and ethical considerations while guiding hands-on creative applications. Instruction focuses on practical demonstrations and scaffolded projects that develop critical thinking about AI, creative problem solving and transferable technical skills. The classroom encourages experimentation and responsible use of AI in artistic and practical contexts.

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