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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last step was kinda tricky but its a fun project
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Mexico
Very hard it's like a checkpoint for knowledge.
Esla K
Cyprus
had fun and learned alot, as well as very proud of what ive done here so far. i feel like i could have learned more if it had been slightly more hands off and just clued you in to what needed to happen but i understand why things needed to happen the way they did
Kaleb Carter
United States
The challenging part was defintiely the fact of not knowing the game development/graphic context as well as math like linear alegbra. But the OOP concepts which was the point of the guided project were definitely reinforced in this project very good project!
James Gillis
United States
A lot of fun with more complex processes
Vicente Labbe
Chile
This took me hours to complete, despite being guided but it was extremely helpful to get that muscle memory in. There really is no substitute for seeing all of this come alive in practice!
Ismar Iljazovic
Zurich, Switzerland
idk man. games aren't my thing. good course tho
Harry
London
Very fun course where you practice object-oriented programming principles by building the classic video game asteroids. A lot of the code is given to you so that the technical aspects of game development aren't necessary but there is still room to learn some pygame if that is a route you want to explore.
Justin Dorsch
United States
This is the most fun coding experience I've ever had! Would definitly build it further and add some cool features to it. Thanks!
Ali Khan Moradi
Germany
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