2026-03-22 –, Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium (Main Hall)
Arcade is a game programming engine built on top of Python. Compared to pygame, Arcade uses OOP concepts to speed up development of games. It also comes with built-in collision detection and other functionality useful to making a game!
We will be making a game in less than 30 minutes. The speaker will use live coding to showcase how easy and fast it is to make a game.
We will be using the game programming engine, Arcade. It has a lot of built-in functionality used for game development.
You will learn how to make a game and if you're a beginner, you will see how Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is used in video games.
Sony Valdez has been programming for over 30 years. Professionally, he's a backend developer who specializes in scaling and performance.
He is one of Python Philippines founders. Over the years, he has given numerous Python talks and workshops around the country.
During talks, he has a Luchador persona called MrValdez. While Luchadores are known for physical wrestling, MrValdez came from a world where they perform as programmers.
Having accidentally transported here by a strange Python program, MrValdez hopes to one day return to his reality.
He is mostly harmless.