Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame
Build a clone of the classic Asteroids game using Pygame and object-oriented programming concepts.
Author
Sarah Schulte
Sarah is an engineer and instructor at Boot.dev. She has been obsessed with making the computer do the thing since the late 2000s. Her career has been a complicated journey from embedded software and game development to mobile and web development. She strives to know a little bit about everything (and a lot about bash).
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What will you learn?
Build a clone of the classic Asteroids game using Pygame and object-oriented programming concepts. This guided project will help you understand how to use Pygame to create a game loop, handle user input, and manage game state. You'll also learn how to use object-oriented programming to create game objects and manage their interactions.
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Lots of 3rd party libraries, unexplained game concepts, and "copy and paste this code we wrote for y...
Chris C.
United States
Very fun!
Tactical Cacti
Netherlands
"Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame" was a fun guided project. There was enough hand-holding n...
Peter Schwenk
Newark, DE, USA
Good practice!! Nice stuff :)
Bear TW
United Kingdom
Fun project to test all the python concepts you've learnt so far. Course does rely a bit on using re...
Nitin G
United Kingdom
Very interesting!!!
Ivan Dachev
Bulgaria
Good project to see how OOP can be used in practice. They do some of they don't want to teach for yo...
William
United States
Very good class, there are some hick-ups at the start, but it works.
Nathan Nguyen
Houston, TX
Gives students just enough rope to hang themselves, and gives them just enough tree to climb out. Ex...
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Troy, New York
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