Intro to Pygame
===============

Goals
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- Understand where to get the :doc:`Pygame Template <pygame-template>`
- Understand the parts of the template
  
    - Importing
    - Initialization
    - Game loop
    
        - Event handling
        - Game state updates
        - Drawing 

- Quick look at the cheatsheet

Video Tutorial
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.. raw:: html

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KUva3fE-AfM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>


What you need to do
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- Create a new Python file. Do not name this file ``pygame.py`` or it will not work.
- Paste the template into that file.
- Run the file.
- You should see a window pop up with a white background and a blue circle (shown below).

.. figure:: ../images/pygame-template.png
    :align: center

    Running the Pygame Template