Setup & First Game
Developing 2D Game with Python Arcade Library
What you'll learn
Questions
- What is Python and used for?
- What is Arcade?
- What VS Code?
- What is the relationship among these tools?
- What does a simplest Arcade game look like?
Answers
What is Python and used for?
Python in computer world actually is a programming language, which is the most easy understanding for human being and most easy to get started among those dosens of popular computer languages. You can use Python to talk with computer, make it to do almost everything but not limited to the following tasks:
- Data analytics
- Machine learning
- Scientific computing
- Web Applications
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What is Arcade?
Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D video games. It is ideal for beginning programmers, or programmers who want to create 2D games without learning a complex framework.
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Demo Time(Mac computer only)
Video Content List:
- Check python installation success
- Check
python pathin VSCode settings - Create python programs folder
arcade_games - Enable launching python program in VSCode
- Launch your first game
Code involved
import arcadeSCREEN_WIDTH = 400SCREEN_HEIGHT = 300SCREEN_TITLE = "Python Aracde Game - Welcome"arcade.open_window(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_TITLE)arcade.set_background_color(arcade.color.BLACK)arcade.start_render()arcade.draw_text("Welcome to Arcade Game World", 20, 200, arcade.color.AERO_BLUE, 18)arcade.finish_render()arcade.run()
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