Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1

    • Overview

    • Prerequisites for this course

    • Install Python locally in your machine

    • Install VSCode IDE locally in your machine

    • Discuss about Stacks game

    • Steps involved

    • Open VSCode IDE

    • Discuss about VSCode

    • Install pygame

    • Quick recap

    • Setup screen

    • Setup Constants

    • Define Game loop

    • Understanding Game loop

    • Recap of what we done so far
  • 2

    Chapter 2

    • Recap of what we have done so far

    • Movement in pygame

    • Test your understanding

    • Variables to keep track

    • Think about variables for drawing rectangle

    • Quick challenge

    • Challenge answer

    • Add color variable

    • Draw rectangle

    • Move the rectangle

    • Code to move

    • Add the missing code

    • Move the blocks side to side

    • Review of the steps involved
  • 3

    Chapter 3

    • Recap of what we have done so far

    • Listen for Key press event

    • Check for different cases of key press event

    • Quick summary

    • Start drawing new rectangle

    • Edge detection for previous block

    • Execute the game so far

    • Handle Game over case

    • Execute the game

    • Quick recap

    • Review the remaining steps

    • Challenge problem

    • Congratulations on completing this course!