PyGame Breakout

This is a simple implementation with Python 3 and PyGame of the classic Breakout game. The purpose is to serve as a demo game for a series of articles on building games with Python 3 and PyGame:

• Building Games With Python 3 and Pygame: Part 1
• Building Games With Python 3 and Pygame: Part 2
• Building Games With Python 3 and Pygame: Part 3
• Building Games With Python 3 and Pygame: Part 4
• Building Games With Python 3 and Pygame: Part 5

Features

• Simple generic GameObject and TextObject
• Simple generic Game object
• Simple generic button
• Config file
• Handling keyboard and mouse events
• Bricks, paddle and ball
• Managing paddle movement
• Handling collisions of the ball with everything
• Background image
• Sound effects
• Extensible special effects system

Installation and usage

The prerequisites are:

• Python 3.8
• Pipenv

Then clone the repository and type:

pipenv install

You should see something like:

$ pipenv install
Creating a virtualenv for this project…
Pipfile: /Users/gigi.sayfan/git/pygame-breakout/Pipfile
Using /Users/gigi.sayfan/.pyenv/versions/3.8.0/bin/python3 (3.8.0) to create virtualenv…
⠙ Creating virtual environment...Using base prefix '/Users/gigi.sayfan/.pyenv/versions/3.8.0'
New python executable in /Users/gigi.sayfan/.local/share/virtualenvs/pygame-breakout-mgkKDQCD/bin/python3
Also creating executable in /Users/gigi.sayfan/.local/share/virtualenvs/pygame-breakout-mgkKDQCD/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...
done.
Running virtualenv with interpreter /Users/gigi.sayfan/.pyenv/versions/3.8.0/bin/python3

✔ Successfully created virtual environment!
Virtualenv location: /Users/gigi.sayfan/.local/share/virtualenvs/pygame-breakout-mgkKDQCD
Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock (b269cc)…
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To activate this project's virtualenv, run pipenv shell.
Alternatively, run a command inside the virtualenv with pipenv run.

To run the game type:

pipenv run python breakout.py

Credits

I used some color constants I found in this nice article: https://www.webucator.com/blog/2015/03/python-color-constants-module/