5: Interactive Turtles

Expectations

Learning Targets

• I can interpret an unfamiliar code base.

• I can extend the code to my own project.

Assessments

• You will create an interactive program or game based on existing turtle classes

• You will be asked regular comprehension questions about Python.

First Class Assignment (CodeHS.com)

Adding Moving Turtle

from turtle import Turtle


class ClassName (Turtle):
    def __init__(self, starting_x, starting_y):
        Turtle.__init__(self)
        self.starting_x = starting_x
        self.starting_y = starting_y
        
        # General setup
        # self.color("black")
        # self.penup()
        # self.shape("turtle")
        # self.goto(self.starting_x, self.starting_y)
        
    def method_example(self):
        pass
        ## change the name and make the method work

Assignment and Rubric

Create an interactive turtle application of your own design. This can be a game or other interactive program, but it must use at least two of the three types of turtle classes we have outlined (moving turtle, keyboard turtle, clickable turtle).

• 3 pts - Program works without errors

• 3pts - Program uses two classes of turtle

• 3pts - Program is interactive. Users can DO something with the program beyond what we set up in class. Make sure your theme is cohesive!

• 1pts - Program is cleaned up (unused imports have been deleted, for example)

How do I...

...make multiple things move?

...write text on the screen?

...stop movement with walls?

...make a ball move diagonally and bounce off multiple sides of the room?

... create a background image and have it change later?

...set up and check a timer

...add a start screen

...Save a High Score in a File?

... add points from different objects to a single score?

... get objects to check each other for different properties?

...find the x and y position of my mouse on the screen?

...create a custom shaped turtle?

...create a multi-colored turtle?