Prerequisite: Arcade Library
The world of Programming is very vast, and animation is its key soul. In this, tutorial you will learn how to animate objects in Python using Arcade Module. Arcade is a present day Programming module used for developing 2D games with gripping sound and graphics.
Before starting with the article, you must revise your concepts of arcade Python module. To explain the whole concept of animating an object, Let’s take an example to understand it completely. You all must aware with the nested loop being in C, Python or Java and have probably created a lot of patterns using it. Here, we will animate a box with the help of arcade Python library.Â
Step-by-step Approach:
Step1) Import arcade library.
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# Import required module import arcade |
Step2) Here we will specify some parameters, that we will be using later in the program to declare width, height and title of the screen.
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# Set up the constants   # Size of the screen SCREEN_WIDTH = 720SCREEN_HEIGHT = 480SCREEN_TITLE = "Bouncing Box"  # Size of the rectangle RECT_WIDTH = 50RECT_HEIGHT = 50 |
Step3) Define the function for drawing the box  arcade.draw_rectangle_filled( ) Modify rectangles position based on the delta vector.
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# Explicilt function generate animated bouncing box def on_draw(delta_time):       # Start the render.     arcade.start_render()       arcade.draw_rectangle_filled(on_draw.center_x, on_draw.center_y,                                  RECT_WIDTH, RECT_HEIGHT,                                  arcade.color.GREEN)       on_draw.center_x += on_draw.delta_x * delta_time     on_draw.center_y += on_draw.delta_y * delta_time       # Figure out if we hit the edge and need to reverse.     if on_draw.center_x < RECT_WIDTH // 2 \             or on_draw.center_x > SCREEN_WIDTH - RECT_WIDTH // 2:         on_draw.delta_x *= -1    if on_draw.center_y < RECT_HEIGHT // 2 \             or on_draw.center_y > SCREEN_HEIGHT - RECT_HEIGHT // 2:         on_draw.delta_y *= -1 |
Step4:-Now, define function-specific variables. Also, we need to give them initial values. Then the values will persist between function calls.
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# Set initial positions on_draw.center_x = 100on_draw.center_y = 50on_draw.delta_x = 115on_draw.delta_y = 130 |
Step5) Now, last step is define the main function. Under which, you need to define background colors.
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# Driver code   # Open up our window arcade.open_window(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_TITLE) arcade.set_background_color(arcade.color.WHITE)   # Tell the computer to call the draw command at the specified interval. arcade.schedule(on_draw, 1 / 80)   # Run the program arcade.run() |
Below is the complete program of the above approach:
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# Import required module import arcade     # Set up the constants   # Size of the screen SCREEN_WIDTH = 720SCREEN_HEIGHT = 480SCREEN_TITLE = "Bouncing Box"  # Size of the rectangle RECT_WIDTH = 50RECT_HEIGHT = 50    # Explicilt function generate animated bouncing box def on_draw(delta_time):       # Start the render.     arcade.start_render()       arcade.draw_rectangle_filled(on_draw.center_x, on_draw.center_y,                                  RECT_WIDTH, RECT_HEIGHT,                                  arcade.color.GREEN)       on_draw.center_x += on_draw.delta_x * delta_time     on_draw.center_y += on_draw.delta_y * delta_time       # Figure out if we hit the edge and need to reverse.     if on_draw.center_x < RECT_WIDTH // 2 \             or on_draw.center_x > SCREEN_WIDTH - RECT_WIDTH // 2:         on_draw.delta_x *= -1    if on_draw.center_y < RECT_HEIGHT // 2 \             or on_draw.center_y > SCREEN_HEIGHT - RECT_HEIGHT // 2:         on_draw.delta_y *= -1    # Set initial positions on_draw.center_x = 100on_draw.center_y = 50on_draw.delta_x = 115on_draw.delta_y = 130    # Driver code   # Open up our window arcade.open_window(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_TITLE) arcade.set_background_color(arcade.color.WHITE)   # Tell the computer to call the draw command at the specified interval. arcade.schedule(on_draw, 1 / 80)   # Run the program arcade.run() |
Output:
