Task 4.1: Create a Food Class

  1. Start by creating a new class called Food. This will be quite similar to the Player class. E.g.:
class Food:
  1. Inside your Food class, create a special function called __init__.

💡 Hint

  • Use the def keyword to define the method.
  • The __init__ method should accept 4 inputs:
    • name
    • image
    • position_x
    • position_y
  • Your Food class should have more than 4 properties though, being name, image, size, position_x, position_y and sprite
  • Save each of these inputs into the object using self.
  • Note that you can set default values for a class like so:
    • 
class Car:
    # Notice how we don't have a weight parameter in the 
    # brackets below.
    def __init__(self, colour, speed):
        # We can set this when creating an instance
        colour = colour
        speed = speed
        # Default property values
        weight = 20
  1. Inside your __init__() method, set a default size for your food.
  2. Still inside the __init__() method, load the image file using Pygame's image.load function.
  3. Scale the loaded image to the correct size using Pygame's transform scale function.
  4. Save the final scaled image into the object (e.g., self.sprite).

🚩 Checkpoint

  • A Food class (or a class of things you want to have).
  • Code in the __init__() method that:
    • Saves the name, image, and position.
    • Sets a default size.
    • Loads and scales the sprite.
  • A ready-to-use object for your game!