pygame-tutor 0.1.6

Interactive educational platform for learning Pygame

🎮 Pygame Educational Platform

A playful coding playground where Python meets Pygame in interactive lessons! Designed for educators and learners to explore programming concepts through visual, hands-on examples.

✨ Features

• Interactive Coding Lessons:

  • 🚀 Comet animation with color-changing trails
  • ⚛️ Physics playground with bouncing balls
  • ⌨️ Key detection with visual feedback
  • 🎯 Breakout game with proper collision physics

• Educational Tools:

  • 📜 Real-time code viewer (toggle with S)
  • 📝 Concept explanations in each lesson
  • ↔️ Easy navigation between lessons

• Developer Friendly:

  • 🧩 Modular lesson system
  • 📱 Responsive screen geometry
  • 🎨 Themed color system

🛠️ How to Use

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sergey-samoylov/pygame-tutor
   cd pygame-tutor
   

2. Run the main program:

   python main.py
   

3. Controls:

   • ← → arrows: Navigate between lessons
   • S: Toggle code viewer
   • Q or ESC: Quit
   • Lesson-specific controls shown in each activity

📚 Lessons Overview

Lesson	Description	Key Concepts
Cosmic Comet	Animated comet with colorful trail	Animation loops, Screen wrapping, Color interpolation
Physics Playground	Bouncing balls with gravity	Collision detection, Physics simulation, Vector math
Key Detection Lab	Visual keyboard input feedback	Event handling, Input processing, Visual feedback
Breakout Game	Classic brick-breaking game	Game state management, Collision resolution, Paddle control

🎨 Color Theme

Based on the Tokyo Night palette:

{
    "background": (26, 27, 38),    # Dark blue-gray
    "text": (169, 177, 214),       # Light gray-blue
    "highlight": (122, 162, 247),  # Bright blue
    "accent": (158, 206, 106),     # Soft green
    "Orange": (255, 179, 0),       # Vibrant orange
    "Purple": (204, 153, 255)      # Light purple
}

🧑‍💻 Development

To add a new lesson:

1. Create lesson_XX_name.py in the lessons directory
2. Implement the lesson class inheriting from BaseLesson
3. Add required methods: update(), draw(), handle_events()

Example lesson structure:

class LessonXXName(BaseLesson):
    def __init__(self, screen_geo):
        super().__init__(screen_geo)
        self.title = "My Cool Lesson"
        
    def update(self, dt):
        # Update game state
        
    def draw(self):
        # Render graphics
        
    def handle_events(self, event):
        # Process input events

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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"The best way to learn is by doing." - This project brings that philosophy to programming education through interactive Pygame examples.