Lesson Plan

The pygame course is divided into 3 sessions, each session consists of 8 classes:

Session 1 Events
Session 2 Utilities
Session 3 Game Creation

Syllabus:

Session I Events

Description

Class	Funny	Concept	Homework
1	joke	User Output	Setup, Create a shortcut to the BlocklyPygame directory,Hello Title, Place application on display	Watch class 1 video
2	joke	Mouse Pressed	Hello Console,Hello Text,Draw an image until mouse pressed	Make your own story,Create your own project with blocks, refresh, load the project
3	joke	Mouse Released	Update Blockly Code,Storybook,Pokemon Ranger video, physics example, Draw a circle until mouse press, Draw Tic-Tac-Toe board	Create or copy your own image
4	joke	Display background board	Game list, Loop forever,Display RPG background image,Get wasd key pressed
5	joke	Display player avatar	rpg Board move,Avoid the black area	Determine Game winner
6	joke	Timer, Move Player, Sprites	Timer Concept,Keys Pressed block, Sprite Creation,Sprite Draw and collision
7	joke	Function to choose direction	Make an image transparent, Wait for user input
8	joke	Rotate a Sprite	Rotate a Sprite

Session II Utilities

Class	Funny	Concept	Description	Homework
9		Sound Timer	Ensure a sound is not played on top of itself, Check if a sound is playing
10			Create a function, Check which keys are pressed, Flip a sprite along the vertical axis
11		Draw line	Break out of a loop on ESC key,Draw 2 lines until mouse up
12		Collision Detection	Use a sprite sheet,Show absolute location of sprite on background
13			Sprite Video,Jeb color,Ok Message Box	Change font size and color
14			Play Sound Once,Set timer,Sprite sheet for movement,Determine tic-tac-toe winner,Ok Cancel Message Box
15			Show an explosion,Draw an x in tic-tac-toe
16		QUIT event	Show hunger/health icon,Input Box	Add a check for pygame.QUIT

Session III Game Creation

Class	Funny	Concept	Description	Homework
17		Move image based on wasd keys	wasd move image	Clear screen after each draw
18		Point image at mouse	Fill a circle,wasd movement + mouse pointing	Keep image inside surface
19		Mouse Press	play sound	Play sound based on image click
20		Drag/Drop	Drag and Drop detection	Remove the old rectangles
21		Sprites	Rotate and Move Sprites	Bring sprite back into surface when it leaves
22		pygame.sprite.spritecollide	Sprite Collisions	Handle the was keys
23			How to call an external .py	Make and call your own .py file
24			Blasteroids	Add additional asteroid sprites

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