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Python Projects for Kids

You're reading from   Python Projects for Kids Unleash Python and take your small readers on an adventurous ride through the world of programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782175063
Length 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jessica Ingrassellino Jessica Ingrassellino
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Welcome! Let's Get Started 2. Variables, Functions, and Users FREE CHAPTER 3. Calculate This! 4. Making Decisions – Python Control Flows 5. Loops and Logic 6. Working with Data – Lists and Dictionaries 7. What's in Your Backpack? 8. pygame 9. Tiny Tennis 10. Keep Coding! A. Quick Task Answers Index

A game loop


We have planned and coded how to get information from players. Now, we need to code a game loop. What is a game loop? The game loop keeps the game running by starting the game using user actions to update the state of the game, if necessary, and continuing to operate until the game is ended, stopping the loop.

Our game loop lets us start the game, use stored information from the players to make changes to the game state, and print outputs so that we know whether the guess was correct or incorrect or what the score is at the end of the game. Our game loop also shuts off if conditions change to stop the game. We have already used a game loop in our Higher or Lower game, and this game loop will be similar. Using the game loop, we can write the code to complete our game.

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