Simple PyGame Zero Apollo Lander #Apollo50th

With all the excitement of the 50th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing and the world record attempt Moonhack https://moonhack.com/, I wanted to experiment with PyGame Zero a little more. So I created my own, very simple, Moon Lander game using Python and PyGame Zero.

The lander has to pass through a red rectangle on the surface as it accelerates to the surface. Left and Right keys move it sideways and the up key gives it a boost. When the lander passes through the red rectangle it makes a noise; if it misses (or after it passes through the rectangle) it resets to a new position and starts again.

Two images were needed

• The lander image came from https://www.kissclipart.com/apollo-program-apollo-lunar-module-lander-moon-landing-wgwzny/ shared by Xfanmy.  This needed to shrunk by about x10 to fit.
• Surface came from Vector Designed By from Pngtree.com

An image from the game, the code and a link to the repository are shown below, please feel free to unzip the code and use it. It is a simple game and there is scope to improve (please feel free to do it - I would love to see it improve).

Repository https://github.com/scottturneruon/moonlander/archive/v1.0.zip


Resources

1. Welcome to Pygame Zero https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
2. Introduction to Pygame Zero https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/introduction.html
3. Built-in Objects - Pygame Zero https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/builtins.html
4. Space Asteroids - Pygame Zero http://www.penguintutor.com/projects/docs/space-asteroids-pgzero.pdf
5. Pygame Zero Invaders https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/pygame-zero-invaders/
6. Pygame Zero: SpaceInvaders II https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/pygame-zero-space-invaders-ii/
7. My first PyGame attempt https://robotsandphysicalcomputing.blogspot.com/2019/07/my-first-pygame-zero-attempt.html
8. Moon Hacks https://moonhack.com/

Cool book on the Moon Missions with Augmented Reality


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