Make a Battle City Clone, using Python, Pygame and OOP!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Creating the Game Infrastructure

Lecture 1: Creating the "Main" object class

Lecture 2: Creating the "Game Assets" object class – Part 1 – Loading individual images

Lecture 3: Creating the "Game Assets" object class – Part 2 – Sprite sheet Images – Tanks

Lecture 4: Creating the "Game Assets" object class – Part 3 – Sprite sheet Images – other

Lecture 5: Creating the "Game" object class

Chapter 2: Creating the Tank Class

Lecture 1: Creating the Tank Class – Part 1

Lecture 2: Creating the Tank Class – Part 2 – Movement and Animation

Lecture 3: Creating the Tank Class – Part 3 – Tank Collisions

Lecture 4: Creating the Tank Class – Part 4 – Tank Spawning

Chapter 3: Creating the Game Screen and HUD object.

Lecture 1: Creating the HUD and game screen – Part 1 – The Overlay

Lecture 2: Creating the HUD and game screen – Part 2 – Player Lives

Lecture 3: Creating the HUD and game screen – Part 3 – Stage Number

Lecture 4: Creating the HUD and game screen – Part 4 – Enemy Tanks Remaining

Chapter 4: Creating the Bullet Class

Lecture 1: Creating the Bullet Class – Part 1 – The Bullet

Lecture 2: Creating the Bullet Class – Part 2 – Moving The Bullet

Lecture 3: Creating the Bullet Class – Part 3 – Player Tank Collisions and Effects

Lecture 4: Creating the Bullet Class – Part 4 – AI Tank Collisions and Bullet Collisions

Chapter 5: Working with Masks

Lecture 1: Creating Bullet and Tank Masks for Collision Detection

Chapter 6: Creating a Level Editor

Lecture 1: Creating a Level Editor – Part 1

Lecture 2: Creating a Level Editor – Part 2

Lecture 3: Creating a Level Editor – Part 3

Lecture 4: Creating a Level Editor – Part 4

Lecture 5: Creating a Level Editor – Part 5

Chapter 7: Creating the Start Screen

Lecture 1: Creating the Start Screen – Part 1

Lecture 2: Creating the Start Screen – Part 2

Lecture 3: Creating the Start Screen – Part 3

Chapter 8: Running the Game

Lecture 1: Running The Game – Part 1 – Selecting New Game or Construct Mode

Lecture 2: Running The Game – Part 2 – Loading in the New Level

Lecture 3: Running The Game – Part 3 – Spawning in Enemy Tanks

Chapter 9: Creating the Tile Classes

Lecture 1: Creating the Tile Class – Part 1 – Brick Tile

Lecture 2: Creating the Tile Class – Part 2 – Tank Collisions

Lecture 3: Creating the Tile Class – Part 3 – Bullet Collisions

Lecture 4: Creating the Tile Class – Part 4 – The Rest of the Tiles

Chapter 10: Stage Progression and Information

Lecture 1: Stage Progression and Information – Part 1 – Fade Animation

Lecture 2: Stage Progression and Information – Part 2 – Load Next Stage

Lecture 3: Stage Progression and Information – Part 3 – Score Screen 1

Lecture 4: Stage Progression and Information – Part 4 – Score Screen 2

Lecture 5: Stage Progression and Information – Part 5 – Score Screen 3

Lecture 6: Stage Progression and Information – Part 6 – Score Screen 4

Chapter 11: Computer Tanks

Lecture 1: Computer Tanks – Updating the Base Tank Class

Lecture 2: Computer Tanks – Defining the Enemy Tank Class – AI Shooting

Lecture 3: Computer Tanks – Defining the Enemy Tank Class – Ai Movement Part 1

Lecture 4: Computer Tanks – Defining the Enemy Tank Class – Ai Movement Part 2

Lecture 5: Computer Tanks – Defining the Special Tank Class

Chapter 12: Power Ups

Lecture 1: Power Ups – Part 1 – Initialization

Lecture 2: Power Ups – Part 2 – Shield Ability

Lecture 3: Power Ups – Part 3 – Freeze / Explosion / Extra Life

Lecture 4: Power Ups – Part 4 – Power / Special

Lecture 5: Power Ups – Part 5 – Fortify

Chapter 13: Extras

Lecture 1: Extras – Explosions

Lecture 2: Extras – Score Banners

Lecture 3: Extras – Eagle Base

Lecture 4: Extras – Game Over

Lecture 5: Extras – Sound Effects

Lecture 6: Extras – Tidying Up