From a19693098a46dfa83b0648c7d69264431bc8157a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Gelber <gelberj@oregonstate.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:25:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated Getting Started Doc

---
 README.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9c80b2b427..8b65e7a57a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ it, enter this command:
 
    pip install pygame
 
+Once pygame is installed, quickly test your library by entering the following
+command, which opens one of the many example games that comes pre-installed: 
+::
+
+	python3 -m pygame.examples.aliens
+
+
+If this doesn’t work, the `Getting Started 
+<https://www.pygame.org/wiki/GettingStarted/>`_ section of the official 
+website has more information for platform specific issues, such as adding
+python to your machine’s PATH settings
+
 
 Help
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