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I need to be able to pause the whole game, but only my car sprite pauses when I press the p key on my keyboard

I implemented a pause feature in my game in the while loop at the end of my code, but the problem is that only my car sprite pauses. I have tried a bunch of different ways setting up my pause code but none of the ways I arrange it seems to pause the whole game.
I want to be able to pause my whole game when I press the p key on my keyboard, not just my car sprite. Can someone please tell me how I can fix this code? The code that will pause the whole game will be nice. Please, the rearranged code that will pause the whole game will help. Also I don't just want the answer, I want a quick explanation of why only my car sprite would pause instead of the whole game.
My code:
import random
import pygame
import pygame.freetype
pygame.init()
#screen settings
WIDTH = 1000
HEIGHT = 400
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((WIDTH, HEIGHT))
pygame.display.set_caption("AutoPilot")
screen.fill((255, 255, 255))
#fps
FPS = 120
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
#load images
bg = pygame.image.load('background/street.png').convert_alpha() # background
bullets = pygame.image.load('car/bullet.png').convert_alpha()
debris_img = pygame.image.load('debris/cement.png')
#define game variables
shoot = False
#player class
class Player(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, scale, speed):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
self.bullet = pygame.image.load('car/bullet.png').convert_alpha()
self.bullet_list = []
self.speed = speed
#self.x = x
#self.y = y
self.moving = True
self.frame = 0
self.flip = False
self.direction = 0
self.score = 0
#load car
self.images = []
img = pygame.image.load('car/car.png').convert_alpha()
img = pygame.transform.scale(img, (int(img.get_width()) * scale, (int(img.get_height()) * scale)))
self.images.append(img)
self.image = self.images[0]
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.update_time = pygame.time.get_ticks()
self.movingLeft = False
self.movingRight = False
self.rect.x = 465
self.rect.y = 325
#draw car to screen
def draw(self):
screen.blit(self.image, (self.rect.centerx, self.rect.centery))
#move car
def move(self):
#reset the movement variables
dx = 0
dy = 0
#moving variables
if self.movingLeft and self.rect.x > 33:
dx -= self.speed
self.flip = True
self.direction = -1
if self.movingRight and self.rect.x < 900:
dx += self.speed
self.flip = False
self.direction = 1
#update rectangle position
self.rect.x += dx
self.rect.y += dy
#shoot
def shoot(self):
bullet = Bullet(self.rect.centerx + 18, self.rect.y + 30, self.direction)
bullet_group.add(bullet)
#check collision
def collision(self, debris_group):
for debris in debris_group:
if debris.health > 0 and pygame.sprite.spritecollide(debris, bullet_group, True):
debris.health -= 1
if debris.health <= 0:
self.score += 1
#player stats/score
def stats(self):
myfont = pygame.font.SysFont('comicsans', 30)
scoretext = myfont.render("Score: " + str(self.score), 1, (0,0,0))
screen.blit(scoretext, (100,10))
#bullet class
class Bullet(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, x, y, direction):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
self.speed = 5
self.image = bullets
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.center = (x,y)
self.direction = direction
def update(self):
self.rect.centery -= self.speed
#check if bullet has gone off screen
if self.rect.centery < 1:
self.kill()
#debris class
class Debris(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self,scale,speed):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
self.scale = scale
self.x = random.randrange(100,800)
self.speed_y = 10
self.y = 15
self.speed = speed
self.vy = 0
self.on_ground = True
self.move = True
self.health = 4
self.max_health = self.health
self.alive = True
self.velocity = random.randrange(1,2)
self.speed_x = random.randrange(-3,3)
self.moving_down = True
self.is_destroyed = False
#load debris
self.image = debris_img
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.x = random.randrange(100, 800)
self.rect.y = random.randrange(-150, -100)
self.rect.center = (self.x,self.y)
#load explosion
self.img_explosion_00 = pygame.image.load('explosion/0.png').convert_alpha()
self.img_explosion_00 = pygame.transform.scale(self.img_explosion_00, (self.img_explosion_00.get_width() * 2,
self.img_explosion_00.get_height() * 2))
self.img_explosion_01 = pygame.image.load('explosion/1.png').convert_alpha()
self.img_explosion_01 = pygame.transform.scale(self.img_explosion_01, (self.img_explosion_01.get_width() * 2,
self.img_explosion_01.get_height() * 2))
self.img_explosion_02 = pygame.image.load('explosion/2.png').convert_alpha()
self.img_explosion_02 = pygame.transform.scale(self.img_explosion_02, (self.img_explosion_02.get_width() * 2,
self.img_explosion_02.get_height() * 2))
self.img_explosion_03 = pygame.image.load('explosion/3.png').convert_alpha()
self.img_explosion_03 = pygame.transform.scale(self.img_explosion_03, (self.img_explosion_03.get_width() * 2,
self.img_explosion_03.get_height() * 2))
#explosion list
self.anim_explosion = [self.img_explosion_00,
self.img_explosion_01,
self.img_explosion_02,
self.img_explosion_03]
self.anim_index = 0
self.frame_len = 20 #frames before explosion animation disappears
#spawn new debris
def spawn_new_debris(self):
self.rect.x = random.randrange(100, 800)
self.rect.y = random.randrange(-150, -100)
self.velocity = random.randrange(1, 2)
self.speed_x = random.randrange(-3, 3)
#respawn debris when they go of the screen
def boundaries(self):
if self.rect.left > WIDTH + 10 or self.rect.right < -10 or self.rect.top > HEIGHT + 10:
self.spawn_new_debris()
#update image
def update(self):
self.rect.y += self.velocity
self.rect.x += self.speed_x
self.boundaries()
if self.health <= 0:
max_index = len(self.anim_explosion) - 1
if self.anim_index > max_index:
self.kill()
else:
if self.frame_len == 0:
self.image = self.anim_explosion[self.anim_index]
self.anim_index += 1
self.frame_len = 20
else:
self.frame_len -= 1
#make debris fall down
def falldown(self):
self.rect.centery += self.velocity
if self.moving_down and self.rect.y > 350:
self.kill()
######################CAR/DEBRIS##########################
player = Player(1,5)
##########################################################
#groups
bullet_group = pygame.sprite.Group()
debris_group = pygame.sprite.Group()
all_sprites = pygame.sprite.Group()
for x in range(100):
d = Debris(1, 5)
debris_group.add(d)
all_sprites.add(d)
#game runs here
run = True
paused = False
while run:
#draw street
screen.blit(bg, [0, 0])
#update groups
bullet_group.update()
bullet_group.draw(screen)
debris_group.update()
debris_group.draw(screen)
#draw car
player.draw()
player.move()
player.collision(debris_group)
player.stats()
#update all sprites
all_sprites.update()
all_sprites.draw(screen)
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
#pause game
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_p:
paused = not paused
if paused == True:
continue
#check if key is down
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
run = False
if event.key == pygame.K_a:
player.movingLeft = True
if event.key == pygame.K_d:
player.movingRight = True
if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
player.shoot()
shoot = True
#check if key is up
if event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
if event.key == pygame.K_a:
player.movingLeft = False
if event.key == pygame.K_d:
player.movingRight = False
#update the display
pygame.display.update()
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(FPS)
pygame.quit()

Move your
for event in pygame.event.get():
right below the while loop, and move your
if paused:
continue
below the for loop, like so:
run = True
paused = False
while run:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
#pause game
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_p:
paused = not paused
#check if key is down
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
run = False
if event.key == pygame.K_a:
player.movingLeft = True
if event.key == pygame.K_d:
player.movingRight = True
if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
player.shoot()
shoot = True
#check if key is up
if event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
if event.key == pygame.K_a:
player.movingLeft = False
if event.key == pygame.K_d:
player.movingRight = False
if paused:
continue
#draw street
screen.blit(bg, [0, 0])
#update groups
bullet_group.update()
bullet_group.draw(screen)
debris_group.update()
debris_group.draw(screen)
#draw car
player.draw()
player.move()
player.collision(debris_group)
player.stats()
#update all sprites
all_sprites.update()
all_sprites.draw(screen)
#update the display
pygame.display.update()
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(FPS)
pygame.quit()
The reason only your car sprite paused when you pressed the q key is because, as you can see in your original code here:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
#pause game
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_p:
paused = not paused
if paused == True:
continue
you put the
if paused == True:
continue
inside the for loop, not the while loop, so the lines that move the car would be blocked, but the rest of the code within the while loop will still get executed.

pygame making the sprite go upwards and downwards

I am trying to make the sprite move up and down by using the arrow keys but it schemes to only be moving slightly upwards and slightly downwards: there is a speed for the x and y axis and also a position. There are also two functions which are draw and update (which gets the new xpos and the new ypos). here is my code
import pygame
import random
import sys
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((1280, 720))
clock = pygame.time.Clock() # A clock to limit the frame rate.
pygame.display.set_caption("this game")
class Background:
picture = pygame.image.load("C:/images/cliff.jpg").convert()
picture = pygame.transform.scale(picture, (1280, 720))
def __init__(self, x, y):
self.xpos = x
self.ypos = y
def draw(self):
screen.blit(self.picture, (self.xpos, self.ypos))
class player_first:
picture = pygame.image.load("C:/aliens/ezgif.com-crop.gif")
picture = pygame.transform.scale(picture, (200, 200))
def __init__(self, x, y):
self.xpos = x
self.ypos = y
self.speed_x = 0
self.speed_y = 0
self.rect = self.picture.get_rect()
def update(self):
self.xpos =+ self.speed_x
self.ypos =+ self.speed_y
def draw(self): #left right
#screen.blit(pygame.transform.flip(self.picture, True, False), self.rect)
screen.blit(self.picture, (self.xpos, self.ypos))
class Bullet_player_1(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
picture = pygame.image.load("C:/aliens/giphy.gif").convert_alpha()
picture = pygame.transform.scale(picture, (100, 100))
def __init__(self):
self.xpos = 360
self.ypos = 360
self.speed_x = 0
super().__init__()
self.rect = self.picture.get_rect()
def update(self):
self.xpos += self.speed_x
def draw(self):
screen.blit(self.picture, (self.xpos, self.ypos))
#self.screen.blit(pygame.transform.flip(self.picture, False, True), self.rect)
def is_collided_with(self, sprite):
return self.rect.colliderect(sprite.rect)
player_one_bullet_list = pygame.sprite.Group()
player_one = player_first(0, 0)
cliff = Background(0, 0)
while True:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_w:
player_one.speed_y = -5
print("up")
elif event.key == pygame.K_s:
player_one.speed_y = 5
print("down")
elif event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
bullet_player_one = Bullet_player_1
bullet_player_one.ypos = player_one.ypos
bullet_player_one.xpos = player_one.xpos
bullet_player_one.speed_x = 14
player_one_bullet_list.add(bullet_player_one)
elif event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
if event.key == pygame.K_d and player_one.speed_x > 0:
player_one.speed_x = 0
elif event.key == pygame.K_a and player_one.speed_x < 0:
player_one.speed_x = 0
player_one.update()
cliff.draw()
player_one.draw()
player_one_bullet_list.update()
for bullet_player_one in player_one_bullet_list:
bullet_player_one.draw()
pygame.display.flip()
clock.tick(60)

You've written self.xpos =+ self.speed_x (which is interpret as self.xpos = +self.speed_x) instead of self.xpos += self.speed_x. So you're not adding the speed to the position, you're overwriting it.

How do I make an enemy follow the player in Pygame?

So, I'm a beginner to Python and Pygame and would like some help. I'm trying to make a game similar to Asteroids and I've made most of this program by looking around at other examples on the internet. However, I'm stuck on this problem: how do I get an enemy sprite to follow the player sprite? I've googled how to do so and tried implementing the same thing on my code but the sprite just stays in one place and doesn't follow the player. I've used the vector stuff to create the player sprite and I still barely understand how that works. I'm sort of on a tight schedule so I don't have time to thoroughly understand this stuff but I intend to later. Sorry if I haven't explained my code properly but I'm still trying to understand how Pygame works and most of this code is basically just copied.
import random, math, pygame, time, sys
from pygame.locals import *
from pygame.math import Vector2
######Setting up Variables
class settings:
fps = 30
windowwidth = 590
windowheight = 332
class ship:
HEALTH = 3
SPEED = 4
SIZE = 25
class colours:
black = (0, 0, 0)
white = (255, 255, 255)
###########################
######################################################################################
class Player(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self,image_file , pos=(0,0)):
super(Player, self).__init__()
self.image = pygame.image.load(image_file)
self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image, (25,25))
self.original_image = self.image
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=pos)
self.position = Vector2(pos)
self.direction = Vector2(1, 0)
self.speed = 0
self.angle_speed = 0
self.angle = 0
def update(self):
if self.angle_speed != 0:
self.direction.rotate_ip(self.angle_speed)
self.angle += self.angle_speed
self.image = pygame.transform.rotate(self.original_image, -self.angle)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=self.rect.center)
self.position += self.direction * self.speed
self.rect.center = self.position
class Enemy(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, image_file, pos=(0,0)):
super(Enemy, self).__init__()
self.image = pygame.image.load(image_file)
self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image, (25, 25))
self.original_image = self.image
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=pos)
self.speed = 1
def move_towards_player(self, Player):
dx, dy = self.rect.x - Player.rect.x, self.rect.y - Player.rect.y
dist = math.hypot(dx, dy)
dx, dy = dx/dist, dy/dist
self.rect.x += dx * self.speed
self.rect.y += dy * self.speed
class Background(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, image_file, location):
pygame.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
self.image = pygame.image.load(image_file)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.left, self.rect.top = location
def main():
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((settings.windowwidth, settings.windowheight))
pygame.display.set_caption('Final Game')
background = Background('space.jpg',[0,0])
global player, enemy
player = Player('SpaceShip.png',[200,100])
playersprite = pygame.sprite.RenderPlain((player))
enemy = Enemy('Enemy Hexagon.png',[300,150])
enemysprite = pygame.sprite.RenderPlain((enemy))
fpsClock = pygame.time.Clock()
intro = True
while intro == True:
myFont = pygame.font.SysFont('freesansbold.ttf', 75)
otherFont = pygame.font.SysFont('freesansbold.ttf', 30)
SurfaceFont = myFont.render("Space Destroyer", True, (colours.white))
SurfaceFont2 = otherFont.render("Press Space to Start", True, (colours.white))
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == KEYDOWN:
if event.key == K_SPACE:
intro= False
screen.blit(SurfaceFont,(50,50))
screen.blit(SurfaceFont2,(125,125))
pygame.display.flip()
screen.blit(background.image, background.rect)
while intro == False:
fpsClock.tick(settings.fps)
for event in pygame.event.get():
enemy.rect.x
if event.type == QUIT:
pygame.quit()
sys.exit()
elif event.type == KEYDOWN:
if event.key == K_UP:
player.speed += 4
if event.key == K_LEFT:
player.angle_speed = -4
if event.key == K_RIGHT:
player.angle_speed = 4
if player.position.y < 0:
player.position = (player.position.x ,332)
elif player.position.y > settings.windowheight:
player.position = (player.position.x, 0)
elif player.position.x < 0:
player.position = (590, player.position.y)
elif player.position.x > settings.windowwidth:
player.position = (0, player.position.y)
elif event.type == KEYUP:
if event.key == K_LEFT:
player.angle_speed = 0
if event.key == K_RIGHT:
player.angle_speed = 0
if event.key == K_UP:
player.speed = 0
screen.fill(colours.white)
screen.blit(background.image, background.rect)
enemysprite.draw(screen)
enemysprite.update()
playersprite.draw(screen)
playersprite.update()
pygame.display.update()
playersprite.update()
pygame.display.flip()
if __name__ == '__main__': main()

You never called move_towards_player. Try adding this:
...
enemysprite.draw(screen)
enemysprite.update()
playersprite.draw(screen)
playersprite.update()
enemy.move_towards_player(player)
...

Determining a collision of an arching projectile with another sprite in Pygame

In pygame I have a projectile being shot from one character sprite to another which I would like to determine whether there is a collision or not. That is a collision between a shot projectile and another character I will call TRUMP. I have found an equation in a tutorial that is the best example of an arching trajectory that I can accomplish. If that equation could be helped it would be awesome.
def fireshell(self, elapsedTime):
fire = True
FPS = 60 # frames per second setting
fpsClock = pg.time.Clock()
print("fire", self.pos.x, self.pos.y)
fireX = int(self.pos.x)
fireY = int(self.pos.y)
print("fireX", fireX, "fireY", fireY, "elapsed time", elapsedTime)
power = elapsedTime*.0005
x = int(self.pos.x)
y = int(self.pos.y) - 100
while fire:
for event in pg.event.get():
if event.type == pg.QUIT:
pg.quit()
quit()
pg.draw.circle(self.screen, RED, (x, y), 5)
x -= int(-(elapsedTime*6))
y += int((((x - fireX)*0.015)**2) - ((elapsedTime*2)/(12 - elapsedTime )))
print("X:", x,"Y:", y)
if y > HEIGHT or x > WIDTH:
fire = False
pg.display.update()
self.clock.tick(20)
My character sprite who I would like to check for collisions with the projectile is here:
class TRUMP(pg.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, spritesheet, all_sprites, mudballGroup, jetsGroup):
pg.sprite.Sprite.__init__(self)
self.spritesheet = spritesheet
self.all_sprites = all_sprites
self.mudballGroup = mudballGroup
self.jetsGroup = jetsGroup
self.current_frame2 = 0
self.last_update2 = 0
self.load_images()
self.image = self.TRUMP_fingers_l
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.center = (WIDTH *3/4), (589)
self.rect.centerx = (WIDTH *3/4)
self.rect.centery = 589
self.rect.centerx = (WIDTH*5/6)
self.rect.centery = 589
self.pos = vec((WIDTH/2), (HEIGHT/2))
self.vel = vec(0, 0)
self.acc = vec(0, 0)
self.dir = 0

To get a ballistic trajectory, you can just add a GRAVITY constant to the y-value of the velocity vector each frame.
For the collision detection you can use pygame.sprite.spritecollide again (you already know how that works).
Here's a complete example:
import sys
import pygame as pg
GRAVITY = 3
class Player(pg.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, pos, color):
super().__init__()
self.image = pg.Surface((50, 30))
self.image.fill(color)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=pos)
self.pos = pg.math.Vector2(pos)
self.vel = pg.math.Vector2()
def update(self):
self.pos += self.vel
self.rect.center = self.pos
class Projectile(pg.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, pos, color, target):
super().__init__()
self.image = pg.Surface((7, 5))
self.image.fill(color)
self.rect = self.image.get_rect(center=pos)
self.pos = pg.math.Vector2(pos)
direction = target - self.pos # Vector to the target.
# Normalize, then scale direction to adjust the speed.
self.vel = direction.normalize() * 33
def update(self):
self.pos += self.vel
self.vel.y += GRAVITY
self.rect.center = self.pos
if self.rect.y > 580:
self.kill()
class Game:
def __init__(self):
self.fps = 30
self.screen = pg.display.set_mode((800, 600))
pg.display.set_caption('Ballistic trajectory')
self.clock = pg.time.Clock()
self.bg_color = pg.Color(90, 120, 100)
self.green = pg.Color('aquamarine2')
self.blue = pg.Color(30, 90, 150)
self.font = pg.font.Font(None, 30)
self.player = Player((100, 300), self.green)
self.player2 = Player((400, 300), self.blue)
self.all_sprites = pg.sprite.Group(self.player, self.player2)
self.projectiles = pg.sprite.Group()
self.collisions = 0
self.done = False
def run(self):
while not self.done:
self.handle_events()
self.run_logic()
self.draw()
self.clock.tick(self.fps)
def handle_events(self):
for event in pg.event.get():
if event.type == pg.QUIT:
self.done = True
if event.type == pg.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
if event.button == 1:
proj = Projectile(
self.player.rect.center, pg.Color('sienna2'), event.pos)
self.projectiles.add(proj)
self.all_sprites.add(proj)
if event.type == pg.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pg.K_a:
self.player.vel.x = -3
if event.key == pg.K_d:
self.player.vel.x = 3
if event.key == pg.K_w:
self.player.vel.y = -3
if event.key == pg.K_s:
self.player.vel.y = 3
if event.type == pg.KEYUP:
if event.key == pg.K_a and self.player.vel.x == -3:
self.player.vel.x = 0
if event.key == pg.K_d and self.player.vel.x == 3:
self.player.vel.x = 0
if event.key == pg.K_w and self.player.vel.y == -3:
self.player.vel.y = 0
if event.key == pg.K_s and self.player.vel.y == 3:
self.player.vel.y = 0
def run_logic(self):
self.all_sprites.update()
hits = pg.sprite.spritecollide(self.player2, self.projectiles, True)
for collided_sprite in hits:
self.collisions += 1
def draw(self):
self.screen.fill(self.bg_color)
self.all_sprites.draw(self.screen)
txt = self.font.render('Collisions {}'.format(self.collisions), True, self.green)
self.screen.blit(txt, (20, 20))
pg.display.flip()
if __name__ == '__main__':
pg.init()
game = Game()
game.run()
pg.quit()
sys.exit()

Pygame - Collisions With Floor/Walls

Hello I am currently making a survival shooter but cannot find any way on how to do my collisions! I am trying to make the player collide with the floors but with no success. Here is an image of the map (I want to collide with moon blocks):
http://i.stack.imgur.com/R2apz.jpg
Here is an image of moon blocks with no Background:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/W9H2m.png
And finally here is my code:
import pygame
import random
gravity = .5
jump_time = 2000
x = 0
y = 0
# Player
class Player(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, x, y, gravity):
# Player dimensions and position
self.gravity = gravity
# Player image and animation
self.images = []
self.images.append(pygame.image.load('images/player.png'))
self.images.append(pygame.image.load('images/player2.png'))
#~ self.images.append(pygame.image.load('ball1.png'))
#~ self.images.append(pygame.image.load('ball2.png'))
self.maxImage = len(self.images)
self.currentImage = 0
#~ self.rect = pygame.Rect(x, y, 80, 80)
self.rect = self.images[0].get_rect()
self.rect.x = x
self.rect.y = y
self.timeTarget = 10
self.timeNum = 1
self.velX = 0
self.velY = 0
# Jump and gravity
self.vSpeed = 3
self.jumpForce = 15
self.maxVspeed = 3
self.isJumping = False
# Jump inputs
def handle_events(self, event):
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
if not self.isJumping:
self.isJumping = True
elif event.key == pygame.K_a:
self.velX = -5
elif event.key == pygame.K_d:
self.velX = +5
elif event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
if event.key in (pygame.K_a, pygame.K_d):
self.velX = 0
# PLayer updates
def update(self, ground):
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
# Jumping
self.vSpeed += gravity
if self.vSpeed > self.maxVspeed:
self.vSpeed = self.maxVspeed
self.rect.y += self.vSpeed
if self.rect.y >= ground.y:
self.vSpeed = 0
self.rect.y = ground.y
self.isJumping = False
if keys[pygame.K_SPACE]:
if not self.isJumping:
self.isJumping = True
if self.isJumping:
if pygame.time.get_ticks() < jump_time:
self.isJumping == True
else:
self.isJumping = False
self.vSpeed -= self.jumpForce
#print "isJumping:", self.isJumping
# Animations
if self.timeNum == self.timeTarget:
self.currentImage += 1
if self.currentImage >= self.maxImage:
self.currentImage = 0
self.timeNum = 0
self.rect.centerx += self.velX
self.rect.centery += self.velY
# Screen wrap
if self.rect.right > 1280:
self.rect.left = 0
elif self.rect.left < 0:
self.rect.right = 1280
# Player rendering
def render(self, surface):
surface.blit(self.images[self.currentImage], self.rect)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
class Zombie():
def __init__(self, x, y):
self.image = pygame.image.load('images/zombie.png')
#~ self.image = pygame.image.load('ball2.png')
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.x = x
self.rect.y = y
self.direction_left = True
def update(self, surface_rect):
if self.direction_left:
self.rect.x -= 1
if self.rect.left <= surface_rect.left:
self.direction_left = not self.direction_left
else:
self.rect.x += 1
if self.rect.right >= surface_rect.right:
self.direction_left = not self.direction_left
def render(self, surface):
surface.blit(self.image, self.rect)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
class Background():
def __init__(self):
self.image = pygame.image.load('images/arena2.jpg')
#~ self.image = pygame.image.load('background.jpg')
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
def render(self, surface):
surface.blit(self.image, self.rect)
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
class Game():
def __init__(self):
pygame.init()
# A few variables
self.gravity = .50
self.ground = pygame.Rect(0, 640, 1280, 80)
# Screen
size = (1280, 720)
self.screen = pygame.display.set_mode(size)
pygame.display.set_caption('Moon Survival!')
# Moon / Background
self.moon = Background()
# Zombies
self.zombies = []
for i in range(10):
self.zombies.append( Zombie(random.randint(0,1280), random.randint(0,720)) )
# Player
self.player = Player(25, 320, self.gravity)
# Font for text
self.font = pygame.font.SysFont(None, 72)
# Pause - center on screen
self.pause_text = self.font.render("PAUSE", -1, (255,0,0))
self.pause_rect = self.pause_text.get_rect(center = self.screen.get_rect().center)
def run(self):
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
# "state machine"
RUNNING = True
PAUSED = False
GAME_OVER = False
# Game loop
while RUNNING:
# (all) Events
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
RUNNING = False
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
RUNNING = False
elif event.key == pygame.K_p:
PAUSED = not PAUSED
# Player/Zomies events
if not PAUSED and not GAME_OVER:
self.player.handle_events(event)
# (all) Movements / Updates
if not PAUSED and not GAME_OVER:
self.player.update(self.ground)
for z in self.zombies:
z.update(self.screen.get_rect())
# (all) Display updating
self.moon.render(self.screen)
for z in self.zombies:
z.render(self.screen)
self.player.render(self.screen)
if PAUSED:
self.screen.blit(self.pause_text, self.pause_rect)
pygame.display.update()
# FTP
clock.tick(100)
# --- the end ---
pygame.quit()
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
Game().run()
Any help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I made a very similar game for PyWeek #17 called "Miner".
Here's a screenshot: http://media.pyweek.org/dl/17/powrtoch/miner_ss.png (you can see the similarity!)
You can find the relevant code on GitHub here: https://github.com/marcusmoller/pyweek17-miner/blob/master/miner/engine.py#L202-L220:
def checkCollision(self, sprite, xVel, yVel):
for x in range(len(level.levelStructure)):
for y in range(len(level.levelStructure[x])):
block = level.levelStructure[x][y]
if block is not None:
if pygame.sprite.collide_rect(sprite, block):
if xVel < 0:
sprite.rect.x = block.rect.x + block.rect.w
if xVel > 0:
sprite.rect.x = block.rect.x - sprite.rect.w
if yVel < 0:
sprite.rect.y = block.rect.y + block.rect.h
if yVel > 0 and not sprite.onGround:
sprite.onGround = True
sprite.rect.y = block.rect.y - sprite.rect.h

You could do something like this using collide_rect:
# See if the Sprite block collides with anything in the Ground block_list
for block in groundBlocks:
if(collide_rect(player, block)):
# do not fall
else:
# fall
where all Block you can walk on are in the groundBlocks list.