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Star Defender: Build Your Own Arcade Game

Build a complete space-shooter arcade game in Python: a real game loop, enemies, collisions, score, lives, levels, sound and a saved high score. Then remix it with your own theme and art and present it. Assumes basic Python.

Level 3 · Builder20 hours10 chaptersEnglishAges 8–17

Has finished at least one project

What you'll learn

Build a real game loop that runs, updates and draws every frame

Make independent objects (ship, bullets, enemies) interact and collide

Add score, lives, levels, a power-up, sound and menus

Save a high score to a file so it persists between plays

Isolate and fix bugs in a running system

Remix the game with your own theme and art, and present it

Course outline

10 chapters · 0 topics

Set up your game window, draw your ship on screen and get the game loop running.