PY Charm - game alternate

Alternate instruction set! 

• Visual Studio Code

• Python 3.11

• Pygame

Step 1 — Install Python 3.11 (important)

Make sure 3.11 is installed. Then in terminal:

py -3.11 --version

If that works, you’re good.

Step 2 — Install VS Code + Python extension  (VS Code should already be there - just add the extension

In VS Code:

• Open Extensions (left sidebar)

• Install Python (by Microsoft)

Step 3 — Create your project

1. Make a folder:

racing-game

2. Open it in VS Code
   (File → Open Folder)

Step 4 — Set Python version inside VS Code

1. Press:

2. Ctrl + Shift + P

3. Type:

4. Python: Select Interpreter

5. Choose:

6. Python 3.11

7. This step fixes 90% of problems

Step 5 — Install Pygame (inside VS Code terminal)

Open terminal in VS Code:

Terminal → New Terminal

Run:

py -3.11 -m pip install pygame

Step 6 — Create your game file

Create:

main.py

Paste this starter (this WILL run):

import pygame

import sys

pygame.init()

WIDTH = 400

HEIGHT = 600

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH, HEIGHT))

pygame.display.set_caption("Racing Game")

clock = pygame.time.Clock()

player_x = 175

player_y = 500

player_speed = 5

running = True

while running:

   screen.fill((50, 50, 50))

   for event in pygame.event.get():

       if event.type == pygame.QUIT:

           running = False

   keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()

   if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:

       player_x -= player_speed

   if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:

       player_x += player_speed

   pygame.draw.rect(screen, (255, 0, 0), (player_x, player_y, 50, 100))

   pygame.display.update()

   clock.tick(60)

pygame.quit()

sys.exit()

press the ▶️ Run button in VS Code