Bounce
Tonight I finally created what could be called a true “game”, as opposed the basic PyGame proof-of-concept stuff I’ve been toying with:
Basically, you use the mouse to control the paddle (a la Breakout) and bounce the smiley face around the screen, with appropriate sound effects. If the smiley slips past you and hits the bottom, you lose a life. After three lives are lost, the game is over.
It’s probably the most simple computer game in the world, but I really feel like I’m making some progress… and PyWeek 2 is only a few weeks away.
Hey, very cool! I’l cheked out pyGame a little bit before but I really think that I need to learn more python basics before I move onto anything like.
I think PyGame is easy enough to try out whenever you feel like it. Once you have the basics of classes and methods down, you have everything you need to start moving sprites around on the screen.
I must admit, it’s quite satisfying to have little characters running around in full color vs. command line output. :)