Snakes Pygame: Difference between revisions

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=== 3. Give the game a better background ===

The game has a pretty boring solid color background. Spice it up by adding a background image. We've provided a sample background ~~file~~ ~~call~~ <code>leaves.jpg</code> in the Snakes directory, but create and add your own if you want!

The game has a pretty boring solid color background. Spice it up by adding a background image. We've provided a sample background image called <code>leaves.jpg</code> in the Snakes directory, but create and add your own if you want!

Use [http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/image.html#pygame.image.load pygame.image.load] to load the background. You'll need to re-display the background on every tick of the game, just like we currently do with the solid color using <code>game_surface.fill(BACKGROUND_COLOR)</code>.

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Test your changes by re-running the game and holding down the arrow key while moving your snake around.

=== 5. ~~Handle~~ ~~quit~~ ~~and~~ ~~restart~~ ~~key~~ ~~presses~~ ===

=== 5. Make the food look more interesting ===

Snake food is just a solid-colored square. Spice it up by using an image instead. We've provided a sample food image called <code>cherry.png</code> in the Snakes directory, but create and add your own if you want!

Currently, in the <code>Food</code> class <code>self.surface</code> is filled with a random color. Use [http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/image.html#pygame.image.load pygame.image.load] to load and use the food image instead.

Test your changes by re-running the game and observing that your custom food image is used.

=== 6. Handle quit and restart key presses ===

I want to keep playing! So far, there's no way to quit (besides closing the window) or restart the game.