Create testPyGame.py

Pygame Tutorial #1 - Basic Movement and Key Presses

Author: martdev1963

testPyGame.py

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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Pygame Tutorial #1 - Basic Movement and Key Presses
+# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6xMBig-pP4
+# Tech With Tim
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import pygame
+pygame.init()
+
+win = pygame.display.set_mode((500, 500))
+
+pygame.display.set_caption("First Game")
+
+x = 50
+y = 50
+width = 40
+height = 60
+velocity = 5
+
+run = True
+while run:
+    pygame.time.delay(100)
+
+    for event in pygame.event.get():
+        if event.type == pygame.QUIT: # if user clicks on red button
+            run = False               # then run == False  
+
+    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
+
+    if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:
+        x -= velocity  # to move left you subtract from the x coordinate
+    if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:  
+        x += velocity  # to move right you add to the x coordinate
+    if keys[pygame.K_UP]:     
+        y -= velocity  # to move up you subtract from the y coordinate    
+    if keys[pygame.K_DOWN]:   
+        y += velocity  # to move down you add to the y coordinate
+
+    # this code fill's the screen in black before you draw the red rectangle...
+    win.fill((0,0,0)) # this makes the program fill the screen black thus erasing the previously drawn red rectangles giving 
+    # the appearance of the red rectangle moving and not leaving traces as it did previously without this line of code...
+                      # window, rgb color for the shape, dimensions of the shape        
+    pygame.draw.rect(win, (255, 0, 0), (x, y, width, height)) # parameters...Everythong in pygame is a surface
+    pygame.display.update() # this refreshes the display thus showing the current code's result which is making a rectangular figure
+
+
+
+pygame.quit()                         # and quit game...