I Built a Car Racing Game Using Amazon Q CLI! 🕹️
Built a fast-paced Car Racing Game in Python using Pygame with help from Amazon Q CLI for AI-assisted development.
Published May 23, 2025
In this game, the player controls a red car racing along a three-lane road, dodging oncoming traffic. With smooth lane-switching, dynamic difficulty, and high score tracking, the game is both fun and challenging.
Amazon Q CLI made game development faster, smarter, and more enjoyable. I used it to:
- 🧱 Scaffold the Pygame layout using simple English prompts
- 🚗 Generate logic for the player and enemy cars
- 🏁 Add scoring, collision detection, and lane switching
- 💾 Implement high score saving and retrieval
- 🎨 Improve visuals with suggestions like rounded car edges and enhanced lane graphics
- 🚘 Three-lane racing with smooth lane-switching
- 💥 Collision detection and a game over screen
- 🏆 Score and high score tracking (saved locally)
- 📈 Dynamic difficulty — enemy cars speed up every 10 points
- 🎮 Smooth animations and responsive controls
I built a Car Racing Game using Python + Pygame, where you:
- Control a red car using LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys
- Avoid randomly spawning enemy cars
- Experience increasing speed and intensity as your score grows
- Enjoy a clean, polished UI with high score tracking
Amazon Q CLI was like having an AI coding partner. It helped me:
✅ Generate the base game structure
✅ Implement game mechanics and logic
✅ Add polish and visual enhancements
✅ Debug and optimize the code
✅ Save time and focus on gameplay design
✅ Implement game mechanics and logic
✅ Add polish and visual enhancements
✅ Debug and optimize the code
✅ Save time and focus on gameplay design
This was an exciting opportunity to explore AI-assisted development. If you love building games or trying out new tools, I highly recommend giving Amazon Q CLI a shot.
Can’t wait to see what others are building! 🚀
Let’s keep creating! 💪
Let’s keep creating! 💪
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