Detecting collision in Python turtle game

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This code seems to be more wishful thinking than actual programming:

def is_collided_with(self, run):
    return self.rect.colliderect(run.rect)

runner = run(10, 10, 'my_run')
follower = follow(20, 10)
if follow.is_collided_with(run):
    print 'collision!'

Turtles don’t have a .rect() method. You can’t simply add a is_collided_with() method to an existing class with this def statement. There are no run() and follow() functions. This collision test would only be executed once when you need it after every motion. Let’s try to salvage what we can and make this work:

from turtle import Turtle, Screen

playGround = Screen()

playGround.screensize(250, 250)
playGround.title("Turtle Keys")

run = Turtle("turtle")
run.color("blue")
run.penup()
run.setposition(250, 250)

follow = Turtle("turtle")
follow.color("red")
follow.penup()
follow.setposition(-250, -250)

def k1():
    run.forward(45)

def k2():
    run.left(45)

def k3():
    run.right(45)

def k4():
    run.backward(45)

def quitThis():
    playGround.bye()

def is_collided_with(a, b):
    return abs(a.xcor() - b.xcor()) < 10 and abs(a.ycor() - b.ycor()) < 10

def follow_runner():
    follow.setheading(follow.towards(run))
    follow.forward(min(follow.distance(run), 8))

    if is_collided_with(follow, run):
        print('Collision!')
        quitThis()
    else:
        playGround.ontimer(follow_runner, 10)

playGround.onkey(k1, "Up")  # the up arrow key
playGround.onkey(k2, "Left")  # the left arrow key
playGround.onkey(k3, "Right")  # you get it!
playGround.onkey(k4, "Down")

playGround.listen()

follow_runner()

playGround.mainloop()

I use 10 as a collision radius based on the size of a turtle cursor, you can adjust as you see fit. This code simply ends the game, with a message, when a collision occurs, you might want to do something more sophisticated. You could consider making the collision logic its own function to use after each keystroke in case the runner accidentally rams the follower!

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