Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame
Make a real arcade game while practicing OOP, vectors, collision detection, and game loops.
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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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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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Loved the course! Truly an awesome experience to create a video game which I was not expecting!
Franz Pichardo Rodriguez
Dominican Republic
The previous classes are amazing. However, the issue I have with this course is that its more a tutorial to making the video game, not a tutorial to pygame. In the end, if I want to use pygame I will need to take a dedicated tutorial since this, while teaches you a lot, guides you through it to the point of you jsut doing what they say.
Odin
United States
I have my gripes with pygame coming from other game dev engines but this was a great learning experience for python in general.
Balamast
United States
overall pretty good felt lost at points but boots did help push me in the right direction.
Aylett
Australia
I think this could be worth some more xp and expect you to write some more of the code yourself with a little less guidance (i.e. point at docs but don't give such explicit step by steps)
George Wallace
Glasgow, Scotland
Cheers
Alp
Turkey
Really satisfying to do! Nice to practice OOP in the editor after doing the OOP course.
Soochoup
France
This is a great project. It’s not something I’m usually used to, but it’s nice to try something different once in a while.
Bruno Fialho
Brasil
Lovely
Emilio Alcantara
Dominican Republic
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