Instructor: Rebecca | Difficulty: Intermediate | Series: Turtle Pong
Turtles play pong too! This series takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a pong-style game using - oh yes - Python turtles. Your finished project will allow you to play against yourself or with a friend, using movable paddles and a bouncing ball to earn points and win the game!
Our pong game has moving paddles and a ball that moves and respawns. But where’s the bounce? Nowhere! So, in this episode, we give our ball that bounce factor it’s lacking. We’ll program an equation and a few more methods to replicate “bounce” physics in our game.
You can always watch a livestream anytime! But before following along with the project, be sure to complete the following checklist: