Retro Sound Effects in Python
This post is about how to produce retro sound effects using Python. These kinds of effects added greatly to the excitement of playing early computer games and are still loved by many. In my youth I spent a lot of time playing games (as well as programming in BASIC) on what were then modern home […]
Classic Snake Game with Python Turtle Graphics
Python Turtle Graphics is awesome! It can be used to learn and teach Python programming and Computer Science from elementary to advanced level. There is a post on this blog about the Turtle Graphics demos which come with IDLE (the development environment that ships with Python) – check them out to get an idea of […]
Eight Queens Puzzle in Python
Click me to play The Eight Queens Puzzle is a classic problem whose goal is to place 8 queens on an 8×8 chessboard in such a way that none of the queens share a row, column or diagonal. The version discussed here allows exploration of not just an 8×8 but an arbitrary size nxn board, […]
Tron Classic Arcade Game in Python
In this article we will have more fun and games with the Python Turtle Graphics Module. There are so many things you can do with this module from very basic programs to quite sophisticated applications, making it an ideal learning tool for GCSE Computer Science. One resource based on Python Turtle Graphics that is not […]
The 15 Puzzle with Python Turtle Graphics
Around 40 years ago there was a craze which took off around the world. It was a 3-dimensional puzzle called the Rubik’s Cube which kept people in a state of semi-trance while they tried to get the cube into the wining configuration. By a strange quirk of history, almost exactly 100 year before the Rubik’s […]
The 21 Game with Python Turtle Graphics
Here’s something fun. The 21 Game is a two-player counting game where each player can add 1, 2, or 3, starting at zero, to the total. the total must not exceed 21 and the player who lands on 21 loses. Maybe find someone to play it with toady. You might find that it is possible […]