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Stage 8: Win and Lose States

Course progressStage 8 of 10
~70 min
One game, one Trinket

Keep building in the workspace on the right.

This stage is part of the same Crewmate Task Dash project you started in Setup. Type each new code block into the Trinket rail and keep building on the last stage.

Open Setup
Build

capture checks and all-tasks-complete victory

Learn

how conditions end a game loop

Ship

a round that can be won or lost

The big idea

A game needs rules for ending. Capture ends the round one way; finishing every task ends it another way.

New words
collision
when two game objects touch or get close enough
win state
the condition that means the player won
lose state
the condition that means the player lost
return
leave a function immediately
Finished game target
Tasks 2/4Score 80
Crewmate playerTask stationShadow chaser

The player moves through the ship, collects tasks, and avoids the chaser. All playable shapes are drawn with Python Turtle code.

Build it

Your turn

Type, run, test

Read the code aloud before you run it. The goal is to understand what changed in the game.
Need a hint?

Add the new code to the same Trinket project. Keep previous stage code unless the stage says to replace a function.

Python code task
Write this part

main.py

Add this to your current Trinket file.

def end_game(message):
    global game_on
    game_on = False
    hud.setposition(0, 0)
    hud.write(message, align="center", font=("Arial", 24, "bold"))

def game_loop():
    check_tasks()
    move_chaser()
    if chaser.distance(player) < 28:
        end_game("Captured! Try again.")
        return
    if tasks_done == 4:
        end_game("All tasks complete! You win!")
        return
    screen.ontimer(game_loop, 80)
Trace it

Trace the idea

  1. The capture check compares two Turtle positions.
  2. The task check compares progress to the total.
  3. `return` stops the loop from scheduling another frame.

Try this

Learning beat

Try this

Three short experiments. Predict before you run, then test your guess.

Predict first
Before running, predict which line will visibly change the screen first.
Compare
Change one number, run, then change it back. Which version feels more playable?
Connect
How does this stage make the final game more like a real project?

Test your stage

  • Touching the chaser ends the game.
  • Completing all tasks wins the game.
  • The chaser stops after the game ends.