Create Space Invaders with Python

Build your own Space Invaders game using Python and PyGame — step by step, no game dev experience required.

In this beginner-friendly course, you'll recreate one of the most iconic arcade games of all time using Python and the PyGame library. You'll learn how to handle graphics, input, collisions, game logic, and more — all while building a playable game you can show off or expand.

🎓 What you’ll learn:

✅ Set up your Python game environment with PyGame
✅ Draw enemies and player characters
✅ Handle keyboard input and movement
✅ Add collision detection and shooting
✅ Display text like score and messages
✅ BONUS: Refactor your code into clean, reusable parts

🚀 Why take this course?

Game development is one of the most fun ways to learn programming — and recreating Space Invaders is a perfect project. It’s visual, interactive, and packed with useful skills like game loops, real-time input, and object tracking.

“If you know basic Python, you can build this game and truly feel your progress.”

📦 What’s included:

🎥 Step-by-step video lessons
📁 Python source code for every stage of the game
🕹️ A playable Space Invaders clone you can expand or customize

💡 Perfect for beginners who want to create a real game using code — no game engine or advanced math needed.

⭐ What others say:

"Very clean explanation of how the game works, it's really grateful to find this kind of short but worthly courses. I recommend this course for those who want to understand the logic behind this classic game."

— Andres M

"Very nice, well made, helps to get related with funtions and some libraries, is a easy way to see practical uses for the code, so if you are a more visual learner, this will help you a lot."

- Victor K.

"The course is very easy to understand, educational and above all very entertaining."

- Alexander

"It's good as an introduction to pygame, but you have to know python. Recommended as an introduction if you already know basic python programs."

- Ruben