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Update PyGame readme to include pyinstaller instructions

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## Prerequesits ## Prerequesits
All of these projects require the PyGame module. * All of these projects require the PyGame module.
* In order to create stand alone executables the pyinstaller module is required.
* The pillow module may be used by pyinstaller, and is quite the handy image manipulation library.
Inside a terminal: Inside a terminal:
```bash
pip install pygame pyinstaller pillow
``` ```
pip install pygame
``` ## PyInstaller
Any programs set up to be able to use PyInstaller can be built to an EXE file using the provided `.spec` file. **DO NOT** use pyinstaller on a `.py` file directly unless you are creating a new `.spec` file. Doing so will overwrite the existing file.
Syntax:
```bash
pyinstaller MyFile.spec
```
This will create two folders named `Build/` and `Dist/`. The `.EXE` file will be created inside the `Dist/` folder. The executable can be moved anywhere on the system and does not need Python to be installed in order to work.