Games are a great way to learn programming. They are fun and can be very challenging. They are also a great way to learn how to think logically and solve problems.
I started this repo to use with students in a computing concepts with python course.
The first project was to create a Die object to render a collection of dice with tkinter. The second project uses those dice for the game Yahtzee.
Example with five colored dice. This is in the five_dice.py file.
```python
from tkinter import Tk, Button
from dice.rolling_dice import make_dice
tk = Tk()
tk.title('Rolling Dice')
def red(*args):
die = dice[0]
print('red', die.n)
die.set_legend("HOLD")
def blue(*args):
print('blue', dice[1].n)
def green(*args):
print('green', dice[2].n)
def purple(*args):
print('purple', dice[3].n)
def orange(*args):
print('orange', dice[4].n)
callbacks = [red, blue, green, purple, orange]
fills = [c.__name__ for c in callbacks]
dice_canvas, dice, roll_em = (
make_dice(tk, fills=fills, callbacks=callbacks))
dice_canvas.pack()
button = Button(tk, text='Roll', command=roll_em)
button.pack(side='left')
button2 = Button(tk, text='Exit', command=tk.destroy)
button2.pack(side='left')
tk.mainloop()
```
You can play Yahtzee with the yahtzee.py script.
$ pip install git+https://github.com/Schwarzschild/games.git
$ python -m yahtzee
The rules for Yahtzee are here. In my version of the game you can click on a given die to hold it while you roll the second or third rolls of each turn. You can choose where to apply the dice by clicking on the dice on the score card in the relevant row. Try it.