student_tasks.md

Week 17 – Student Tasks: Dodger

Task A: Survive as long as possible

• Use left/right arrows to dodge falling enemies
• Try to beat a score of 20!

Task B: Modifications

1. Change number of enemies: for _ in range(10)
2. Change starting speed: random.randint(3, 7) instead of (2, 5)
3. Add lives system (3 hits before game over)

Task C: Add lives system

lives = 3

def update():
    global lives, game_over
    # ... in collision check:
    if collision_detected:
        lives -= 1
        e[1] = -50  # Move enemy back to top
        if lives <= 0:
            game_over = True

def draw():
    screen.draw.text(f"Lives: {lives}", (WIDTH-100, 20))

Success checklist

• Understand how list stores multiple enemies
• Can modify difficulty
• Added lives or power-ups