Let’s make a simple keyboard racing game using Python. In the game, the participant clicks a pair of keys in quick succession and the program shows the total time taken by the racer to cover the distance.
Rules:
As soon as you see ‘GO!’ on screen, start pressing the keys ‘z’ and ‘x’. A ‘*’ sign is shown for every meter covered. Pressing ‘z’ and ‘x’ once will be counted as 1 meter; targets is to cover 10 meters.
Modules Used:
msvcrt : Used to get keystroke as input for race time : Used to calculate time taken to complete the race
Note that MSVCRT module can only function on a terminal window, not on a GUI program/IDE.
Below is the code:
Python3
import msvcrtimport timehigh_score = 17.78name = "Lazyroar"while True: distance = int(0) print('\n--------------------------------------------------------------') print('\n\nWelcome to the 100m sprint, tap z and x rapidly to move!') print('* = 10m') print('\nCurrent record:' + str(high_score) + ' by: ' + name) print('\nPress enter to start') input() print('Ready...') time.sleep(1) print('GO!') start_time = time.time() while distance < 10: k1 = msvcrt.getch().decode('ASCII') if k1 == 'z': k2 = msvcrt.getch().decode('ASCII') if k2 == 'x': distance += 1 if distance == 5: print("* You're halfway there!") elif distance % 1 == 0: print('*') fin_time = time.time() - start_time fin_time = round(fin_time, 2) print('Congratulations on successfully completing the race!') print('You took', fin_time, 'seconds to reach the finish line') if fin_time < high_score: print("Well done you've got a new high score ") name = input("Please enter your name : ") high_score = fin_time |
Output:
Game Initiate
Game in Progress
Game Finished: New High Score
