https://ikwukao.dev/tags/object-oriented-programming/Recent content in Object-Oriented Programming on Ikwuka OkoyeHugoen-USTue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/journal/building-asteroids-with-python-and-pygame/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/journal/building-asteroids-with-python-and-pygame/<h2 id="building-asteroids-with-python-and-pygame-from-game-idea-to-playable-system">Building Asteroids with Python and Pygame: From Game Idea to Playable System</h2> <p>Small games are deceptively useful engineering projects.</p> <p>They may contain only a few objects on screen, but those objects introduce many of the same problems found in larger software systems: state management, object lifecycles, input handling, timing, rendering, collision detection, and the need to keep individual components understandable as the codebase grows.</p> <p>The Asteroids project was built as an opportunity to explore those problems through a compact interactive system using Python and Pygame.</p>https://ikwukao.dev/projects/asteroids/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://ikwukao.dev/projects/asteroids/<hr> <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>Asteroids is a classic arcade-style space shooter rebuilt from the ground up in Python using Pygame.</p> <p>The project focuses on the fundamentals behind interactive 2D applications: managing a real-time game loop, responding to user input, updating object state, detecting collisions, and rendering a constantly changing scene at a consistent frame rate.</p> <p>Rather than relying on a game engine to handle the underlying mechanics, the project provides a practical exercise in understanding how those systems fit together.</p>