Python for Kids, 2nd Edition

16Completing the Mr. Stick Man Game

In the previous three chapters, we’ve been developing our game: Mr. Stick Man Races for the Exit. We created the graphics, and then wrote code to add the background image, platforms, and stick figure. In this chapter, we’ll fill in the missing pieces to animate the stick figure and add the door. You’ll find the full listing for the complete game at the end of this chapter. If you get lost or become confused when writing some of this code, compare your code with that listing to see where you might have gone wrong.

Animating the Stick Figure

So far, we’ve created a basic class for our stick figure, loading the ...