🎮 5-Day Python: Simple Navigation Challenge Practice moving your character around a screen and interacting with objects!

Day 1: Move Your Square Up and Down

1. Create move_game.py and set up a basic Pygame window (e.g., 600x400).
2. Create a red square character_rect = pygame.Rect(250, 150, 50, 50) and a speed variable.
3. Inside your game loop, add code to move the square up using pygame.K_UP and down using pygame.K_DOWN (like in class).
4. Add simple boundary checks so the square doesn't go off the top or bottom of the screen:
   • If character_rect.y < 0, set character_rect.y = 0.
   • If character_rect.y > screen_height - character_rect.height, set character_rect.y = screen_height - character_rect.height.
5. Run your game and make sure your red square moves up and down and stops at the edges.

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Day 2: Go Left and Right Too!

1. Continue using your move_game.py from Day 1.
2. Add code to move your red square left using pygame.K_LEFT and right using pygame.K_RIGHT.
3. Add simple boundary checks so the square doesn't go off the left or right sides of the screen:
   • If character_rect.x < 0, set character_rect.x = 0.
   • If character_rect.x > screen_width - character_rect.width, set character_rect.x = screen_width - character_rect.width.
4. Run your game. Your square should now move in all four directions and stay on screen.

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Day 3: A Friend Joins the Game

1. In move_game.py, create a second blue square player2_rect (e.g., at (50, 50, 50, 50)).
2. Give this second square its own movement controls using pygame.K_w (up), pygame.K_s (down), pygame.K_a (left), and pygame.K_d (right).
3. Add the same boundary checks for player2_rect as you did for character_rect on Day 1 and Day 2.
4. (After core) Change the color of your first character to green.
5. Run your game. Now two squares should move independently with different keys and stay on screen.

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Day 4: Reach the Safe Zone

1. Keep your two moving characters.
2. Create a small, light gray safe_zone_rect (e.g., pygame.Rect(500, 150, 80, 80)) and draw it on the screen.
3. If character_rect (your first square) moves into the safe_zone_rect area, print a message like "Player 1 is safe!" to your console. (Hint: Check if character_rect.centerx is between safe_zone_rect.left and safe_zone_rect.right, AND if character_rect.centery is between safe_zone_rect.top and safe_zone_rect.bottom).
4. (After core) Change the safe_zone_rect color to bright green while Player 1 is inside it. Change it back to light gray when Player 1 leaves.

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Day 5: Your Own Small Change

1. Continue with your move_game.py.
2. (Open) Add one small feature to make your game more fun or different. You could:
   • Make the characters move faster or slower if you press the SPACE key.
   • Add a different color background to the game.
   • Change the size of one of the characters (e.g., make it wider).
   • Add a simple "Reset" button (e.g., R key) that moves both characters back to their starting positions.
3. Show off your unique addition!