[fit] Python — Making Games
Beetle
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Number guessing game
Number of players
Keep doing the same thing over and over until somebody wins
def is_there_a_winner ():
# Work out if a player meets the rules to win or not
pass
while not is_there_a_winner ():
# Play the game here
Snakes and ladders
Ludo
Deal or No Deal
Who wants to be a millionaire
Top Trumps
Board from 1 to 100
Mulitple players
If you land on different squares you move to other locations
Winner if the first to get to position 100
Think about how you could display a board
100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91
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21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Snakes and ladders - Extras
Randomly change the snakes and ladders
Have ladders break after one player uses them
4 pieces to move around a board
Think of the board as a straight line
Each players home base starts at a different place on the line (1, 10, 20, 30)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
39 11
38 12
37 R
B 14
35 15
34 16
33 17
32 18
31 19
30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20
Ludo - Extras
Knock people off the grid if you land on them
Need to roll a 6 to start a piece
Roll again if you get a 6
Roll an exact number to get home
3 6's in a row and your piece returns home
Set of boxes with values in (1p to £250,000)
Player takes one box
Player picks other boxes to reveal whats inside them
Player ends up with their own box and one other box - they can then either keep their box or swap
Player wins the value in their box
Randomly assign the prize amounts to boxes (shuffle the list)
Keep having the user pick a box to open until only 1 other box remains
Deal or No Deal - Extras
Replicate the banker to try and buy the box from the user
Who wants to be a millionaire
15 questions
Each question has 4 possible answers
User has a set of life lines to help them (50/50, ask the audience, phone a friend)
Who wants to be a millionaire - Extras
How could you make an algorith for ask the audience or phone a friend?
Set of cards that have a known set of attributes (strength, speed, power, magic, etc)
Divide the set between the number of players
Lead player picks an attribute from their top card and compares against all other users top card
Winner takes all the cards and they go to the bottom of their pack
Ultimate winner is the player who has all the cards
Remember to shuffle the deck
Make a deck of cards (list of dictionaries)
Divide that list between multiple players
Top card is index 0
Top Trumps - Extras
Keep a count of the winning cards to show the best card at the end
If cards draw, put them all into a temporary pile and the next winning hand gets them all
Extra Ideas
Monopoly
Battleships
Cluedo
Guess Who
Chess
Checkers
