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Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame

Name: Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame [Full Course]
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2968 reviews)
Author: Sarah Schulte

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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6 Hours

of content

20 Addicting

lessons

Earn a certificate

of completion

Learn online

at your pace

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.

Chapter List

Pygame

Setup and install Pygame.

Gameloop

Write a gameloop that renders the game at 60 frames per second.

Player

Create a Player class and implement movement.

Asteroids

Add asteroids for the player to avoid.

Join 28,782 students in the Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame course

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So amazing to see the game come to life!

(5/5)

Glyn Layton

United Kingdom

Making games is fun!

(5/5)

Nikita

Kazakhstan

Good demo of live code on a fun little project. Being able to build on top of the base result after was fun as well.

(5/5)

Desmond Phillips

United States

It was an amazing experience building this game. My OOP principles understanding improved more and more.

(5/5)

Enes Yıldırım

Turkey

Its cute honestly I cant wait for the personal project so I didnt want to make many modifications to the game :)

(5/5)

Itay Abraham Cohen

Israel

I would like it if it was longer and if it explained more instead of the copy paste

(3/5)

Israel Becerra

Mexico

I had previously worked on an Asteroid project but this time I definitely had way more fun coding it.

(5/5)

Shervin Shabanpour

United States

I feel like I learned a few things but also a lot is given so I felt like I was only learning a small part of what is being used. It did help drill in some about classes and inheritance, and that is something I've never been super solid with, but... I dunno, it just FELT like to much was given to me and maybe I'd have liked this to fall a little further on so I could really feel like I was doing it.

(4/5)

Mireille C

United States

Wonderful

(5/5)

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Netherlands

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Mediocrity doesn't cut it anymore

The only way to become a great developer is to write a lot of code

Avoid tutorial hell

by writing a ton of code

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a game-like curriculum

Build portfolio projects

to prove your skills

Delve deeper

into foundational concepts

Learn flexibly online

without interrupting your life

For 1% the price of college

to minimize your financial risk

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Yes! It's free to create an account and start learning. You'll get all the immersive and interactive features for free for a few chapters. After that, if you still haven't paid for a membership, you'll be in read-only (content only) mode.

Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame

Make a real arcade game while practicing OOP, vectors, collision detection, and game loops.

Sarah Schulte

Boot.dev Team

What will you learn?

Chapter List

Join 28,782 students in the Build Asteroids using Python and Pygame course

Read reviews of their learning experiences

So amazing to see the game come to life!

Making games is fun!

Good demo of live code on a fun little project. Being able to build on top of the base result after was fun as well.

It was an amazing experience building this game. My OOP principles understanding improved more and more.

Its cute honestly I cant wait for the personal project so I didnt want to make many modifications to the game :)

I would like it if it was longer and if it explained more instead of the copy paste

I had previously worked on an Asteroid project but this time I definitely had way more fun coding it.

Wonderful

Mediocrity doesn't cut it anymore

The only way to become a great developer is to write a lot of code

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