Description:
freegamesextended 2.3.4
Free Python Games is an Apache2 licensed collection of free Python games
intended for education and fun. The games are written in simple Python code and
designed for experimentation and changes. Simplified versions of several
classic arcade games are included.
Python is one of the top-five most popular programming languages in the world
and available for free from Python.org. Python
includes an extensive Standard Library distributed with your installation. The
Standard Library has a module called Turtle which is a popular way to introduce
programming to kids. Turtle was part of the original Logo programming language
developed by Wally Feurzig and Seymour Papert in 1966. All of the games in
Free Python Games are implemented using Python and its Turtle module.
Starting in 2012, Free Python Games began as an after school program to
teach programming to inner-city youth. The goal was to have fun as much as it
was to learn. Since then the games have been improved and used in a variety of
settings ranging from classrooms to summer day-camps.
Each game is entirely independent from the others and includes comments along
with a list of exercises to work through with students. Creativity and
flexibility is important. There is no right or wrong way to implement a new
feature or behavior! You never know which games students will engage with best.
Features
Fun to play!
Simple Python code
Easy to install
Designed for education
Depends only on the Python Standard Library
Used in hundreds of hours of classroom instruction
Fully Documented
100% Test Coverage
Developed on Python 3.7
Tested on CPython 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7
Tested on Windows, Mac OS X, Raspbian (Raspberry Pi), and Linux
Tested using Travis CI and AppVeyor CI
Quickstart
Installing Free Python Games is simple with pip:
$ python3 -m pip install freegames
Free Python Games supports a command-line interface (CLI). Help for the CLI is
available using:
$ python3 -m freegames --help
The CLI supports three commands: list, copy, and show. For a list of all games
run:
$ python3 -m freegames list
Any of the listed games may be played by executing the Python module from the
command-line. To reference the Python module, combine “freegames” with the name
of the game. For example, to play the “snake” game run:
$ python3 -m freegames.snake
Games can be modified by copying their source code. The copy command will
create a Python file in your local directory which you can edit. For example,
to copy and play the “snake” game run:
$ python3 -m freegames copy snake
$ python3 snake.py
Python includes a built-in text editor named IDLE which can also execute Python
code. To launch the editor and make changes to the “snake” game run:
$ python3 -m idlelib.idle snake.py
You can also access documentation in the interpreter with Python’s built-in
help function:
>>> import freegames
>>> help(freegames)
Free Games
Paint
Paint – draw lines and shapes on the screen. Click to mark the start of a
shape and click again to mark its end. Different shapes and colors can be
selected using the keyboard.
Snake
Snake – classic arcade game. Use the arrow keys to navigate and eat the
green food. Each time the food is consumed, the snake grows one segment
longer. Avoid eating yourself or going out of bounds!
Pacman
Pacman – classic arcade game. Use the arrow keys to navigate and eat all
the white food. Watch out for red ghosts that roam the maze.
Cannon
Cannon – projectile motion. Click the screen to fire your cannnonball. The
cannonball pops blue balloons in its path. Pop all the balloons before they can
cross the screen.
Connect
Connect – Connect 4 game. Click a row to drop a disc. The first player to
connect four discs vertically, horizontally, or diagonally wins!
Flappy
Flappy – Flappy-bird inspired game. Click the screen to flap your
wings. Watch out for black ravens as you fly across the screen.
Memory
Memory – puzzle game of number pairs. Click a tile to reveal a
number. Match two numbers and the tiles will disappear to reveal an image.
Pong
Pong – classic arcade game. Use the keyboard to move your paddle up and
down. The first player to miss the ball loses.
Simon Says
Simon Says – classic memory puzzle game. Click the screen to start. Watch
the pattern and then click the tiles in the same order. Each time you get the
sequence right the pattern gets one step longer.
Tic Tac Toe
Tic Tac Toe – classic game. Click the screen to place an X or O. Connect
three in a row and you win!
Tiles
Tiles – puzzle game of sliding numbers into place. Click a tile adjacent to
the empty square to swap positions. Can you make the tiles count one to fifteen
from left to right and bottom to top?
Tron
Tron – classic arcade game. Use the keyboard to change the direction of
your Tron player. Avoid touching the line drawn by your opponent.
Life
Life – Conway’s Game of Life. The classic, zero-player, cellular automation
created in 1970 by John Conway.
Maze
Maze – move from one side to another. Inspired by A Universe in One Line
of Code with 10 PRINT. Tap the screen to trace a path from one side to
another.
Fidget
Fidget – fidget spinner inspired animation. Click the screen to accelerate
the fidget spinner.
User Guide
For those wanting more details, this part of the documentation describes
curriculum, API, and development.
Talk: Give the Gift of Python
Free Python Games Curriculum
Free Python Games API Reference
Free Python Games Development
References
Free Python Games Documentation
Free Python Games at PyPI
Free Python Games at GitHub
Free Python Games Issue Tracker
License
For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.
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