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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What you'll learn in this Python course
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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This is a great project make learning a lot of fun.
Jenny Tait
Shipley, UK
I struggled in this course but in a good way. Still have lots to learn and improve and this is a great start. With some handholding but sets you out alone in places where it matters
Jomar Jordas
Philippines
Fun project to learn about obj oriented programming.
Sam
Canada
Great little project, though i would have loved explanations of the pre-written bits of codes
Osfolt
France
This was the most challenging, but most rewarding course.
Jovonda Robinson
United States
The beginning of the course feels almost too easy, but chapters 3 and 4 really force you to remember and use the "easy" things you learnt in chapters 1 and 2 to complete the lessons. I enjoyed the need to consult documentation (and Google when the documentation was confusing!) to write the code. Fun and valuable!
Sharat Buddhavarapu
United States
This really helped me to understand how the code can work together line by line to do something awesome!
Thomas Shannon
United States
Fun way to get your hands dirty and produce something that you can interact with. Now on to add more features to this base game!
James O
United States
great course and game is fun to play
Spikylake
Slovakia
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