Setting Up
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Before we start programming, we need to make sure everything's in place for us to write
our code and run it.

Start a terminal window
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* Run a terminal prompt

* Make sure pgzrun, the PyGame Zero runner, is available::
    
    which pgzrun

* Leave the terminal prompt open; we'll use it to run the game

Create an empty file
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* Start IDLE3 and select File > New
  
  (Or use some other editor which you prefer)

* File > Save As > `~/<name>.py`

  (Don't actually put <name>: put your name in)

Run the game
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* Go to the terminal prompt and type::

    pgzrun <name>.py
  
  So if it was my game, I'd type::
  
    pgzrun tim.py
  
.. note:: Whenever you need to run the game, you don't need to type that in again;
          just press the up-arrow key on the keyboard and the last command will be
          selected. Then just press the <Enter> key to run the command.