Python Graphics Programming and Game Development

This lecture will serve as the section introduction to the Turtle Graphics API portion of this course. In this video, we will look at what students will learn in this section.

In this lecture we will look at how we can import turtle into our Python program. By the end of this lecture you will be able to import the turtle library and will be ready to start programming using the methods provided in the Turtle Graphics API.

In this lecture, we will look at how we can create a turtle object and screen object, essentially the pen and canvas of Turtle Graphics. By the end of this lecture you will be able to create these objects in any Python program you develop.

In this lecture, we will look at the up() and down() methods of the turtle graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to lift the turtle up and put it down to control when the turtle is able to draw graphics to the screen. 

In this lecture, we will look at the forward() and backward() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to move the turtle to draw graphics to the screen. 

In this lecture, we will look at the left() and right() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to rotate the turtle left and right a specified number of degrees. 

In this lecture, we will look at the setheading()/seth() methods, both of which turn the turtle to a specified direction on the screen. By the end of this lecture you will know another way to control the direction that the turtle is facing. 

In this lecture, we look at the home() and goto() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture, you will know how to return the turtle to the origin and how to make the turtle jump to a specified (x,y) point on the screen. 

In this lecture, we will look at the showturtle() and hideturtle() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture, you will be able to control the visibility of the turtle on the screen. 

In this lecture, we will look at the clearscreen() and bye() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to clear and close the screen of a turtle graphics program. 

In this lecture, we will look at the pensize() and pencolor() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to change the size and color of the pen. 

In this lecture, we will look at the xcor() and ycor() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to get the x and y position of the turtle. 

In this lecture we will look at the onkey() method of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to bind an event to a key press. 

In this lecture we will look at the onclick() and onscreenclick() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture you will know how to bind events to clicking a turtle and clicking the screen. 

In this lecture, we will look at the begin_fill() and end_fill() methods of the Turtle Graphics library. By the end of this lecture, you will know how to fill in the objects you draw using Turtle Graphics. 

In this video, we will look at a summary of what we learned in this section. By the end of this lecture, you will be ready to tackle the next section of the course using the Turtle Graphics API. 

In this lecture, we will look at an overview introduction to our graphics creation program that we will build in this section. After this lecture, you will know the scope and design specifications of our graphics creation program. 

In this lecture, we will define the variables that we are going to use in our project. By the end of this lecture you will be ready to start writing functions and jumping into the coding of our graphics program project. 

In this lecture, we will create our toolbar. By the end of this lecture you will have the toolbar draw to the screen and be ready to start setting up the color palette. 

In this lecture, we will create our color palette. By the end of this lecture, you will understand how to create the palette objects and arrange them on our toolbar. 

In this lecture, we will create our width palette. By the end of this lecture, you will understand how to create the palette objects and arrange them on the toolbar. 

In this lecture, we will add functionality to our color palette. By the end of this lecture, you will know how to change the pen color when the user clicks on a color in our color palette. 

In this lecture, we will add functionality to our width palette. By the end of this lecture, you will know how to change the pen width when the user clicks on a width in our width palette. 

In this lecture, we will code the functionality to enable the user to draw to the screen. By the end of this lecture, you will be able to implement this functionality using the Turtle Graphics library. 

In this lecture, we will give the end user the ability to control the state of the pen. By the end of this lecture, you will be able to give users the control to pick the pen up or put it down when using your graphics program. 

In this lecture, we run the end result of our program and discuss troubleshooting. By the end of this lecture you will have a fully working program and be able to debug any issues in the code. 

In this video, we look at a summary of this section. By the end of this video you will be ready to move onto the next section of this course. 

In this lecture, we will look at an overview introduction of the game we will create in this section of the course. By the end of this lecture, you will understand the design specifications and scope of our game development project. 

In this lecture, we will define the variables that we will use in this project. By the end of this lecture you will be ready to start writing functions to start building the game project. 

In this lecture, we will look at how we can create a background for our game. By the end of this lecture you will be able to create a starry sky background procedurally using code.

In this lecture, we will set up the player object and the player's extra lives. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to spawn and arrange the player and lives objects to the screen. 

In this lecture, we will enable the player to move the ship left and right. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to create movement functions and how to bind them to keyboard key presses. 

In this lecture, we will look at spawning enemies to the top of the screen. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to spawn enemy objects and position them on the screen. 

In this lecture we clean up our initialization code. By the end of this lecture you will have one central function to set up the game that calls several setup functions in its function body. 

In this lecture we enable the player to fire missiles at the enemy objects. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to create and launch a projectile and how to bind this shooting functionality to a key press using events in Python. 

In this lecture, we look at how we can destroy the enemy if the player's missile hits it. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to check if two objects have collided.

In this lecture, we will look at how enemies can shoot missiles at the player. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to implement basic enemy AI behavior. 

In this lecture, we look at how to destroy the player if it was hit by an enemy missile. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to destroy the player object and how to instantiate an explosion at the player's position on the screen. 

In this lecture, we look at how to write a game over message to the screen. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to draw letters in Turtle Graphics and how you can display messages to the player. 

In this lecture, we look at how to write a you win message to the screen. By the end of this lecture you will understand how to draw letters in Turtle Graphics and how you can display messages to the player. 

In this lecture, we will go over how to close the game window when the user presses the escape key. By the end of this video, you will understand how to bind an event to the game window that will let the user quit your game. 

In this lecture we look at the final product of all our hard work, our very own playable game!

In this lecture we summarize this section of the course. 

In this lecture, we wrap up and summarize the course.