Python Homework 9: Monty Hall game
Due: Wed 12/31, 11:30pm. Turn in HW9P here.
No late turnins accepted.

The assignment: Turn in a file named mygame.zip containing a Python game of your own creation written in Pygame. Your game can be anything you want, but we have two suggestions if you don't have an idea of your own:

• Monty Hall (a door-guessing game similar to Whack-a-Mole)
• Breakout (a ball-and-paddle game similar to Pong)

You may choose to recreate the Monty Hall game according to the specifications provided or come up with your own. Look toward games listed on pygame.org for inspiration, but no stealing code! If you want to do a Breakout game, Pygame's web site has several Breakout-style games you can run or look at for inspiration.

The reward for turning in this program is 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs, plus a spot on the course web site's wall of fame, where every game will be posted so that everyone else can be jealous that they didn't come learn Python this quarter.

• Monty Hall Game Writeup
• monty_hall_essentials.zip

• Pygame home page
• Download Pygame
• Pygame documentation: Sprite, Display, Image, Rect, Font, Event, Time, Mixer, Key ...
• Pygame Tutorials: Using Sprites
• Sample games: PyInvaders, Simple Breakout, Pydza, others ...

Python Homework: None this week. Stay tuned.

Python Homework 8: Birthday/Date
Due: Sun 11/30, 11:30pm. Turn in HW8P here.
No late turnins accepted.

The assignment: Turn in files named birthday.py and date.py containing a Python version of your program from the Java Homework 8, which will be posted tomorrow. (We're calling it "HW8" and skipping HW7 to be consistent with the Java numbering.) Write a Date class with the following behavior:

• a constructor that accepts a month and day
• a days_in_month method to return the number of days in a Date object's corresponding month
• a next_day method to advance a Date by 1 day
• a __str__ method to convert a Date into a string

For an extra challenge, make your Date objects store not only a month and day but also a year. Modify the Date object to have a year field, to accept a year parameter to the constructor, to return the year as part of the __str__ output, and so on. Use this in your client program to read today's month/day/year and your birthdate's month/day/year and reporting how many total days old the person is. To this, count days from their date of birth until today. Don't forget that leap years (ones divisible by 4) have 366 days, which should be accounted for in your days_in_month method.

What is today's month? 11
What is today's day? 17
What is today's year? 2008

What is your birthdate's month? 9
What is your birthdate's day? 19
What is your birthdate's year? 1979

There are 30 days in month #9
Your birthday 9/19 is in 307 days.
You are 10665 total days old.

In either form, the reward for turning in this program is 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs, and +1 charisma and 2 saving throws. (Since it's the end of the quarter, getting extra late days is less motivating than it used to be. Mostly you'd just be doing this one for the learning experience.)

Python Homework 6: Baby Names
Due: Sun 11/23, 11:30pm. Turn in HW6P here.
No late turnins accepted.

The assignment: Turn in a file babynames.py containing a Python version of your program from Homework 6. The screenshot below shows the output when run with the name "Lisa". As a reference, our sample solution is 80 lines long. In order to display data in a similar font to the Java program, you'll have to pass some extra parameters when calling your panel's create_text method, including setting its anchor parameter to "sw" for Southwest and setting its font parameter to a ("SansSerif", 12) tuple, such as:

panel.canvas.create_text(0, 18, text="Hello there!", anchor="sw", font=("SansSerif", 12))

Your image doesn't have to match ours pixel-for-pixel to get the credit. If you want an extra challenge, modify your output to produce a line graph rather than a bar graph, as shown in the following image. Hint: You can achieve this by storing all points into a list of form [x1, y1, x2, y2, ...] and passing this list as a parameter to create_line.

The reward for turning in this program is 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs, plus eternal good looks, and overall excellent karma. (Since it's the end of the quarter, getting extra late days is less motivating than it used to be. Mostly you'd just be doing this one for the learning experience.)

Python Homework 6: None yet! Just work on HW5 Python this week.

Python Homework 5: Guessing Game
Due Sunday, November 9, 11:30pm. Turn in Python5 here.
No late turnins accepted.

The assignment: Turn in a file guessinggame.py (lowercase) containing a Python version of your program from Homework 5. Change your haiku intro message into a haiku about Monty Python. As a reference, our sample solution is 55 lines long.

The reward for turning in this program is the usual 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs, plus a Facebook snake icon, eternal good looks, and overall excellent karma.

Python Homework 4: Grades
Due Sunday, October 26, 11:30pm. Turn in Python4 here.
No late turnins accepted.
(If using Smultron, see the updated installation instructions)

The assignment: Turn in a file grades.py (lowercase g) containing a Python version of your HW4 Grades program, producing the same output except for the following differences:

• Since it isn't easy to read two values on one line using the Python we know, split the "Exam 1 and 2 weights?" prompt into two separate prompts.
• For the same reason, split the "Assignment 1 score and max?" prompt for each assignment into two prompts, one for the points earned and a second for the possible points.
• Since string user input is a bit easier in Python, instead of asking 1=yes and 2=no for whether the user has taken the final exam, just ask the user to type y or n. If the user types "y" (case-sensitive), assume that the user has taken the final exam. If the user types any other character, assume that the user has not taken the final exam.

This program reads your scores on homework
and exams and reports your course grade or
what score you need on the final exam.

Exam 1 weight? 20
Exam 2 weight? 30

Homework (weight 50):
Number of assignments? 3
Assignment 1 score? 14
Assignment 1 possible? 15
Assignment 2 score? 17
Assignment 2 possible? 20
Assignment 3 score? 19
Assignment 3 possible? 25
Sections attended? 5
Section points = 15 / 20
Total points = 65 /  80
Weighted score = 40.6

Exam (weight 20):
Score? 78
Curve? 3
Total points = 81 /  100
Weighted score = 16.2

Have you taken the final? (y/n) y
Exam (weight 30):
Score? 95
Curve? 10
Total points = 100 /  100
Weighted score = 30.0

Course grade = 86.8

The rewards you'll get for turning in this program are the following:

• 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs!
• A super cool snake icon on your Facebook profile, if you use our Facebook application!

Python Homework 3: Circles
Due (EXTENDED TO) Monday, October 20, 11:30pm. Turn in Python3 here.
No late turnins accepted.

The assignment: Turn in a file circles.py (lowercase c) containing a Python version of your HW3 Circles program that produces the output shown below, essentially the same as the Java version but drawn in Python. The window size and coordinates of all drawn figures are the same as in the Java version. As a reference, our sample solution is 40 lines long. The reward for turning in this program is 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs, plus a super cool snake icon on your Facebook profile, if you use our Facebook application.

You won't be able to check your output since our Python DrawingPanel doesn't know how to compare images. But we will be lenient on whether the graphical output exactly matches. If you like, you can play around a bit with the exact colors and coordinates to produce a figure you like better, so long as the overall appearance closely matches the above screenshot.

Producing the above output will count for full credit, but if that sounds too easy for you and you want an added challenge, you can instead make your circles.py program produce the output below, drawing "globe" figures instead of the normal target figures. This is harder, but probably not as hard as it looks! Read below to see how to do it.

The main change between this globes program and the Java Circles version is that rather than drawing concentric circles in each subfigure, this version draws two sets of contentric ovals that give each subfigure a "globe-like" appearance. In one set, all ovals have equal heights but varying widths. The other set have equal widths and varying heights. In both cases, the amount of change in oval size is the same as the "gap" from the Java HW3-Circles assignment. The dimensions and counts for this assignment are identical to those of the Java HW3 assignment.

The other change from the Java program is that the colors of each subfigure and grid have been parameterized. Use string parameters to represent the colors used in the screenshot, such as orange (top-right), red (bottom-middle), and blue (bottom-right). Use default parameter values and/or parameter keywords as appropriate.

Python Homework 2: Space Needle
Due Saturday, October 11, 11:30pm. Turn in Python2 here.
No late turnins accepted.

The assignment: Turn in a file spaceneedle.py (lowercase s) containing a Python version of your HW2 Space Needle program, producing the same output. The program should use any feature of Python that you have seen so far to simplify the program. As a reference, our sample solution is 35 lines long. The rewards you'll get for turning in this program are the following:

• 1 extra late day for use on your normal Java programs!
• A super cool snake icon on your Facebook profile, if you use our Facebook application!