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#!/usr/bin/env python

Implement the “moles” for a Whack-a-mole game.

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import PhotoImage

Metadata

__author__ = "Dr Wayne Brown"
__email__ = "Wayne.Brown@usafa.edu"
__date__ = "Nov 16, 2016"


class WhackAMole:
    NUM_MOLES_ACROSS = 4

    def __init__(self):
        self.window = tk.Tk()
        self.mole_frame, self.status_frame = self.create_frames()
        self.mole_photo = PhotoImage(file="mole.png")
        self.mole_buttons = self.create_moles()

    def create_frames(self):
        mole_frame = tk.Frame(self.window, bg='red')
        mole_frame.grid(row=1, column=1)

        status_frame = tk.Frame(self.window, bg='green', width=100)
        status_frame.grid(row=1, column=2, sticky=tk.E + tk.W + tk.N + tk.S)

        return mole_frame, status_frame

    def create_moles(self):

Source of mole image: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=genergame.molehammer

 
        mole_buttons = []
        for r in range(WhackAMole.NUM_MOLES_ACROSS):
            row_of_buttons = []
            for c in range(WhackAMole.NUM_MOLES_ACROSS):
                mole_button = tk.Button(self.mole_frame, image=self.mole_photo)
                mole_button.grid(row=r, column=c, padx=8, pady=8)

                row_of_buttons.append(mole_button)

            mole_buttons.append(row_of_buttons)

        return mole_buttons

Create the GUI program

program = WhackAMole()

Start the GUI event loop

program.window.mainloop()
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