Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition

14SCORING

In this chapter, we’ll finish the Alien Invasion game. We’ll add a Play button to start a game on demand or to restart a game once it ends. We’ll also change the game so it speeds up when the player moves up a level, and implement a scoring system. By the end of the chapter, you’ll know enough to start writing games that increase in difficulty as a player progresses and show scores.

Adding the Play Button

In this section, we’ll add a Play button that appears before a game begins and reappears when the game ends so the player can play again.

Right now the game begins as soon as you run alien_invasion.py. Let’s start the game in an inactive ...