Before continuing to read these tutorials (and especially before you start to code or build your game in earnest) it's strongly recommended that you read the [Evennia coding introduction](./Coding-Introduction) as well as the [Planning your own game](./Game-Planning) pages first.
Please note that it's not within the scope of our tutorials to teach you basic Python. If you are new to the language, expect to have to look up concepts you are unfamiliar with. Usually a quick internet search will give you all info you need. Furthermore, our tutorials tend to focus on implementation and concepts. As such they give only brief explanations to use Evennia features while providing ample links to the relevant detailed documentation.
The main information resource for builders is the [Builder Documentation](./Builder-Docs). Coders should refer to the [Developer Central](./Developer-Central) for further information.
- [Tutorial: Building Quick-start](./Building-Quickstart) - helps you build your first rocks and crates using Evennia's defaults.
- [Tutorial: Understanding Color Tags](./Understanding-Color-Tags)- explains how you color your game's text.
- [Introduction: The Tutorial World](./Tutorial-World-Introduction) - this introduces the full (if small) solo-adventure game that comes with the Evennia distribution. It is useful both as an example of building and of coding.
- [Tutorial: Building a Giant Mech](./Building-a-mech-tutorial) - this starts as a building tutorial and transitions into writing code.
_General code practices for newbie game developers._
To use Evennia, you will need basic understanding of Python [modules](http://docs.python.org/3.7/tutorial/modules.html), [variables](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_variable_types.htm), [conditional statements](http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#if-statements), [loops](http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#for-statements), [functions](http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions), [lists, dictionaries, list comprehensions](http://docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html) and [string formatting](http://docs.python.org/tutorial/introduction.html#strings). You should also have a basic understanding of [object-oriented programming](http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_classes_objects.htm) and what Python [Classes](http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html) are.
- [Python tutorials for beginners](https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers) - external link with tutorials for those not familiar with coding in general or Python in particular.
- MIT offers free courses in many subjects. Their [Introduction to Computer Science and Programming](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011/) uses Python as its language of choice. Longer path, but more in-depth. Definitely worth a look.
### Coding - First Step tutorials
_Starting tutorials for you who are new to developing with Evennia._
- [Python basic introduction](./Python-basic-tutorial-part-two) (part 2) - More on objects, classes and finding where things are.
- [Tutorial: First Steps Coding](./First-Steps-Coding) - learn each basic feature on their own through step-by-step instruction.
- [Tutorial: A small first game](./Tutorial-for-basic-MUSH-like-game) - learn basic features as part of building a small but working game from scratch.
- [Tutorial: Adding new commands](./Adding-Command-Tutorial) - focuses specifically on how to add new commands.
_This section contains tutorials linked with contribs. These contribs can be used in your game, but you'll need to install them explicitly. They add common features that can earn you time in implementation._
- [list of contribs](https://github.com/evennia/evennia/blob/master/evennia/contrib/README.md)
- [Tutorial: Bootstrap Components and Utilities](./Bootstrap-Components-and-Utilities) - Describes some common Bootstrap Components and Utilities that might help in designing for Evennia
