GameBricks

Python you can play.

pip install -e .
python -m gamebricks maze

THE GRID · Game(cells=8)

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player(across=0, up=0)

coin(across=3, up=5)

ghost(across=7, up=7)

platform(across=2, up=1, width=3)

Two numbers. That's the whole map.

across = 0  is the far left
up     = 0  is the bottom

Just like a graph in maths. Type game.show_grid() and the numbers appear on screen so you can count squares with your finger.

PUT THINGS WHERE YOU WANT THEM

game.coin(across=3, up=5)
game.key(across=7, up=1)
game.door(across=0, up=6)
game.flag(across=4, up=7)
game.hearts(3)   # extra lives appear
game.ghost(across=6, up=6, speed=2)
game.spike(across=3, up=0, width=2)
game.platform(across=2, up=3, width=3)
game.ground()   # floor across the bottom
game.border()   # wall around the edge

OR START FROM A FINISHED GAME

game = gamebricks.load("platformer")
game.coin(across=6, up=6)   # your coin
game.jump_power(4)          # jump higher
game.start()
# catch · chase · maze · platformer · keys

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The blocks

Every game is these six, mixed differently.

1 · WHO YOU ARE

hero = game.player(
    shape="hero",
    control="arrows",
    across=0, up=0)

control: arrows · wasd · mouse · arrows+jump

2 · HOW THINGS MOVE

game.place("ghost", across=4, up=6,
           move="chases", speed=3)

move: still · falls · falls_fast · drifts · chases · bounces

3 · AGAIN AND AGAIN

@game.every(1)
def drop():
    game.drop("star")

A loop. Every 1 second, a star falls in.

4 · WHEN TWO THINGS TOUCH

@game.when_touch(hero, "star")
def caught(star):
    game.score += 1
    star.burst()

do: burst() · remove() · say("hi") · grow() · shrink()

5 · WHAT YOU KEEP

game.score += 1
game.lives -= 1
game.hearts(3)
game.say("nice one!")

hearts(3) = 3 extra lives turn up as you play.

6 · HOW YOU WIN

game.win_when(
    game.collected_all("coin"))

score_reaches(15) · survived(20) · collected_all("coin") · reached("flag")

DRAW A LEVEL WITH YOUR KEYBOARD

game.level("""
    #######
    #@..#k#
    #.#.#.#
    #c..#.#
    ##.##.#
    #..c..d#
    #######
""")

#wall .empty @you ccoin kkey ddoor gghost *star =platform Fflag Hheart ^spike

What you draw is what you see. Several pictures in game.levels(a, b, c) become levels — win one and the next loads.

TRY THIS

Move the flag to across=7, up=7 — can you still reach it? Set jump_power(1) and build a staircase of platforms. Put a ghost in your maze. Make the stars fall at speed=9.

WHILE YOU PLAY

R restart P pause G grid M mute Esc quit

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