Snakes Pygame

Project

Implement parts of a Snakes clone using the Pygame graphical game development library.

Goals

• practice using the Pygame library
• practice using an event loop to make action happen

Project setup

1. Install the project dependencies

Install Pygame. On Linux, you can use your package manager to install the python-pygame package. On Windows and OSX, you can download the appropriate binary from http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml.

2. Download and un-archive the Snakes project skeleton code

• http://web.mit.edu/jesstess/www/IntermediatePythonWorkshop/Snakes.zip

Un-archiving will produce a Snakes folder containing several Python files.

3. Test your setup

Run the snakes.py script in your Snakes directory. A window with a Snakes game should pop up, including square bits of food, the snake you can control, and the enemy snake. Try using the Up and Down keys to move your snake.