Build your First App with Kivy & Python in less than 2 hours

Install kivy with a compatible python version, set up a virtual environment, and prepare a project folder with main.py and a kivy file to build a ping pong game.

Discover Kivy's property system, including numeric and object properties, and how references link variables, preparing cross-platform compatibility across Android and other targets.

Explore the Kivy graphics module, focusing on the color class and its parameters for objects. Use the clock for scaling movements, direction changes, and event scheduling in animation and games.

Build a Python app by creating an app container class and a ball game class, implement a build method, and run the program to launch the game.

Add graphics to your Kivy app by creating a canvas, drawing a centered rectangle, and placing score labels using precise x and y coordinates.

Create a pong ball widget in Kivy by defining a ball class, drawing an ellipse on the canvas, and centering it within the game widget.

Position left and right paddles in a Kivy app, set start points on the x and y axes, and apply color patterns via the canvas with red, green, blue.

Move the game object by updating its x and y coordinates using velocity, and schedule updates to drive the game loop.

Implement movement in a kivy python app by updating position with velocity via an update function. Schedule updates with clock at 60 frames per second and instantiate the game class.

Learn to implement movement in a Kivy and Python Pong-style game by setting initial velocity with a vector, linking the update and motion, and adding random direction.

Implement a pong-style ball bounce by updating the ball’s position 60 times per second, detecting boundary collisions on the x and y axes, and reversing velocity with damping.

Learn to implement paddle movement in a Kivy and Python app, handling touch input across screen zones to move paddles and collide with the wall in an MVC setup.

implement a ball bounce by reversing the ball’s x velocity on paddle collision using the library’s collision method, and connect this to the update loop running 60 times per second.

Learn to implement ball-and-paddle scoring in a Kivy Python game by splitting movement and score updates, updating scores when the ball crosses left or right bounds, and refreshing UI labels.

learn to deploy a kivy and python app to android by setting up a cloud droplet, configuring a virtual environment, installing bulldozer, and packaging the apk for device installation.