Game Dev: BomberMan with Python, Pygame and Oop!

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Harry Van Der Schyff

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1. Introduction

1. Introduction.mp4

01:41

2. BomberMan Class.mp4

07:57

3. Assets Class.mp4

08:22

4. Game Class.mp4

07:50

Files.zip

2. Creating the Player Character

1. Creating the Player Class.mp4

10:45

2. Moving the Player Character.mp4

07:09

3. Getting the Player Images.mp4

15:11

4. Animating the Player Character.mp4

12:26

Files.zip

3. Creating the Level

1. Creating the Level Matrix.mp4

06:07

2. Creating the Block and Hard Block Class.mp4

18:44

3. Creating the Soft block Class..mp4

10:25

4. Filling in the background, and Refactoring.mp4

11:08

Files.zip

4. Player Movement Restrictions and Camera Movement

1. Performing Collision Detection.mp4

09:36

2. Easier Navigation through the Game Area.mp4

13:51

3. Creating the Camera and scrolling around the screen.mp4

09:52

Files.zip

5. Setting the Bombs, Bomb Animations, Explosions, Explosion animations

1. Creating the Bombs.mp4

10:34

2. Inserting the Bombs into the level matrix, and Animating the Bombs.mp4

08:08

3. Updating the Bomb Timer, exploding the Bomb, Updating the Player bomb count.mp4

11:36

4. Limitng the Bomb Count, and Detonating the bomb at will.mp4

10:24

Files.zip

6. Creating the Explosions and Fireballs

1. The Explosions.mp4

11:06

2. Creating and Animating the Explosion.mp4

12:54

3. Calculating the Flame Path 1.mp4

13:39

4. Calculating the Flame Path 2.mp4

12:22

5. Calculating the Flame Path 3.mp4

07:14

6. Creating the Fireball Element.mp4

10:06

7. Destroying the Soft Blocks in Game.mp4

09:18

Files.zip

7. Creating Enemies, Enemy animation, Enemy Movement, Enemy Destruction

1. Creating the First Enemy - Ballom.mp4

14:55

2. Moving the Enemy Character.mp4

17:10

3. Changing Movement Direction after a Collision Detection.mp4

15:00

4. Incorporating random Direction changes.mp4

18:19

5. Animating the Enemy.mp4

15:06

6. Populating the stage with Enemies.mp4

10:16

Files.zip

8. Creating the More Advanced Enemies, Player Death and Respawn

1. Creating the Line Of Sight for Enemy Characters.mp4

05:07

2. Refactoring the Enemy Class, loading in the Onil Enemy Character.mp4

13:51

3. Chasing the Player Character.mp4

21:30

4. Loading in the Remaining Enemies, adding the Enemy Specials.mp4

13:26

5. Refactoring the Player Code.mp4

14:44

6. Regenerating the Stage, Structuring the Enemy Load order.mp4

18:21

Files.zip

9. Creating and Implementing the Special Power Up Items

1. Creating the Power Up Class.mp4

10:46

2. Creating the Special Soft Blocks, Inserting them into the level matrix.mp4

20:16

3. Creating each of the Special Power Up Methods, and calling them when needed..mp4

16:18

4. Ensuring all of the Power Abilities Work..mp4

18:08

5. Making the Invincibility Power up work, and Additional Collision detection..mp4

13:53

6. Implementing the Stage Exit item, and generating a New Stage.mp4

06:03

7. Spawning new Enemies if exploding the special Items.mp4

10:55

Files.zip

10. Creating the Information Panel

1. Importing the necessary images for the Info Panel.mp4

08:23

2. Creating and Updating the Level Timer, and ensuring the countdown takes place.mp4

16:00

3. Creating and updating the Player Lives info, and the player Score info.mp4

11:05

4. Implementing Scoring into the game.mp4

17:39

Files.zip

11. Setting up the Start Screen, Creating the Level Transitions, and Sounds

1. Implementing the Game Start Screen.mp4

20:32

2. Implementing the Level Transition Screen.mp4

23:02

3. Implementing Sounds and Background Music.mp4

18:04

4. Implementing Character Sounds and Sound Effects.mp4

18:25

5. Implementing Explosion and Power Up Sound Effects, Implementing the Top Score.mp4

19:24

6. Finishing Up.mp4

12:15

Files.zip

Description

Develop a game using Python and Object oriented programming

What You'll Learn?

Expand your understanding and use of variables, lists, dictionaries, for loops and while loops.
Expand your understanding and use of object oriented programming
Conceptualize programming challenges and discover solutions and methods for implementing these solutions to those challenges
Progress your python learning beyond learning the basics to a more advanced beginner project, gain confidence in tackling bigger projects.
Work on importing various modules into your program, as well as importing data between various python files
Sharing and updating data between the various objects within your program, updating the different objects when required, also updating the game stage
Implementing various solutions to typical game development challenges, such as collision detection, animations, power-ups etc.
Creating a Start Screen, a Menu Screen, a Game Screen, A Level Editor screen, allowing for user level development.

Who is this for?

Beginner Python Developers and enthusiasts

Game Developers, Beginners and Hobbyists.

What You Need to Know?

Basic understanding of Python Programming, ie- variables, lists, dictionaries, classes.

Basic understanding of importing modules, such as the pygame module

Already have the pygame module installed (comes with python)

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Description
I have done so many of the regular projects out there, such as a tic tac toe, chess, hangman, asteroids, connect 4, but all of these projects felt small and I found there to not be much variety when it comes to game tutorials.
Most tutorials all cover the same games, with only variations in how they are coded. I also found that most tutorials, do not go through every element of a game, such as the start screen, all of the power ups, the score screens, etc.
They usually only take you as far as the basic building blocks, and then leave you to create the rest, should you wish to continue.
Most of these tutorials, have left me with a directory filled with what would be deemed as unfinished games.
Hence I thought it would be great to put together a course on creating a game, with all of the game elements created and implemented in a step by step process, that leaves you at the end of the course, with a fully functional, and complete game.
My hope is that you are able to understand how each element of this game is created and implemented, so that you gain further insight when deciding to tackle a challenge of your own.
I also find the old games from the 80's and 90's as fantastic coding challenges, in particular when it comes to trying to understand how something may have been implemented.
Who this course is for:
Beginner Python Developers and enthusiasts
Game Developers, Beginners and Hobbyists.

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Harry Van Der Schyff

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Hi, I am a self taught python programmer and have been practicing my programming skills consistently since July of 2020. Once I had progressed beyond the basic Tic Tac Toe / Hangman / Number guessing etc tutorials. I felt I was still not comfortable with my level of understanding on many python principles and not confident enough to apply my skills on my own. I then began practicing making many of the older video games i played when i was a child. I have found a lot of the older games have challenged my programming skills, and more importantly developed my problem solving skills where i find myself tackling each new challenge with excitement at the prospect of learning a new method or technique. I hope to bring this across in my tutorials, to help any other self taught programmers who consider themselves, as i see myself, an advanced beginner.

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