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Programming games

Here you build real games: with a game area, a game loop and keyboard controls. Everything runs in the browser with the small Codelix game module. You need functions, lists and dictionaries from the Python section.

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Chapter 1Basics

  1. 01
    30 minutes

    Your first game: shapes, loop, keys

    Draw shapes and text on a game area · Understand how a game loop works frame by frame · Steer a figure with the arrow keys and keep it inside the window

Chapter 2Projects

  1. 02
    45 minutes

    Project: catch game

    Make things appear at random places with random · Check whether two rectangles touch (collision) · Count points, take away lives and end the game with game.stop()

  2. 03
    60 minutes

    Project: snake game

    Build a game area made of squares with game.grid() and game.cell() · Store a snake as a list of positions and let it grow · Change direction with game.pressed() and detect the end of the game

  3. 04
    60 minutes

    Project: paddle duel

    Move a ball with a speed in x and y direction · Let the ball bounce off walls and paddles · Program a simple computer opponent