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Games with Amazon Q CLI

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 # Building a Competitive Arcade Game Launcher with Pygame Using Amazon CLiQi ## Introduction In this project, I embarked on creating a sleek and modern arcade game launcher — a platform that lets players pick from multiple fun, competitive arcade games developed using **Pygame**. The launcher provides a smooth, elegant UI where users can choose a game and be seamlessly redirected into the respective gameplay. Along the way, I leveraged the powerful capabilities of **Amazon CLiQi**, an intelligent assistant platform, to help brainstorm the game concepts, design folder structure, and craft detailed UI and UX guidelines that elevate the entire experience. Let me walk you through what I built, the tools and design principles I applied, and how Amazon CLiQi played an instrumental role. --- ## What I Built: Overview ### 1. The Arcade Game Launcher The launcher is the user's starting point — a minimalist, beautiful window designed with clean lines, generous whitespace, and intuitive navi...

India's G20 Goals: What's the Big Plan?

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  On September 9, members of the Group of 20 (G20), an intergovernmental forum of the world’s largest economies that aims to address issues related to the global economy, will gather in New Delhi for their annual Leaders’ Summit. As this year’s G20 president and host, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been cannily using the events leading up to the summit both to promote India’s position on the world stage and to  increase his own domestic clout . Furthermore, Modi sees the G20 presidency as an opportunity to showcase India’s credentials as a bridge between Global South countries and the West. The summit will therefore be the capstone to India’s chairmanship this past year. But what is the G20, why is this year’s summit important, and what should we expect from New Delhi? The G20 was founded in 1999 in response to the Asian Financial Crisis. The crisis triggered the already-established Group of Seven (G7) to create a dialogue with other major economic powers that would a...