MoneyGrabber: Fast-Paced Python Pygame Game Project

"Building MoneyGrabber: A Pygame Reaction Game with Amazon Q CLI"

🚀 Introduction

Recently, I built a reflex-based game called MoneyGrabber using Pygame and supercharged it with Amazon Q CLI, Amazon's AI-powered coding assistant. The project combined Python, game development, AI logic, and creativity — all made smoother and faster with Q CLI.

Special thanks to Shafraz Rahim for organizing this amazing initiative and motivating developers like me to build and share! 🙌

🎮 Game Concept

MoneyGrabber is a fast-paced game where you and an AI bot race to tap on a randomly appearing "money" object. Whoever taps first — wins. Sounds simple, but when you turn up the difficulty, the bot becomes quicker and smarter.

🔥 Key Features:

Easy, Medium, Hard difficulty levels
Smart AI bot with decreasing reaction time
Score system for both player and bot
Randomly spawning money visuals
Cloud animation and light visuals

🛠 Tech Stack

💻 Python + Pygame – core development
🤖 Amazon Q CLI – assisted coding & logic generation
🐧 Ubuntu – development environment
📦 Git – version control

🤖 Amazon Q CLI Experience

Amazon Q CLI made my development super efficient. I used it to:

Scaffold the base of the game loop and UI logic
Generate AI bot logic
Debug and optimize frame rate issues
Refactor long classes and functions cleanly

It literally felt like having an expert Python coder by my side at all times.

🖼 Sneak Peek

Choose your difficulty and let the challenge begin.

Player vs Bot — speed and precision matter!

Bot snatched the win this time!

🚀 Getting Started

Getting MoneyGrabber running on your system is straightforward:

bashCopyEdit# Create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv moneygrabber_env
source moneygrabber_env/bin/activate # On Windows: moneygrabber_env\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install pygame

# Run the game
python moneygrabber.py

🧱 Project Structure

bashCopyEditmoneygrabber/
├── moneygrabber.py
├── coin.wav
└── moneygrabber_env/

Check Out My MoneyGrabber Game! 🎮🔥

I built MoneyGrabber, a fast-paced Python game using Pygame where you tap on randomly appearing money icons to score points. It’s a fun way to practice reaction speed and Python coding skills.

If you want to peek under the hood, check out the full source code on my GitHub repo:
👉 MoneyGrabber Game on GitHub

That’s a Wrap! 🎉

Thanks for checking out MoneyGrabber — my Python Pygame hustle in action. Whether you’re here to code, play, or just get inspired, I hope this project fires up your creativity.

Keep pushing boundaries, leveling up your skills, and never stop building badass stuff. Catch you on the next code grind! 💻🔥

Screenshot of the MoneyGrabber game's main menu UI showing game instructions, difficulty selection, and a Start button — This is the main menu of the MoneyGrabber game. Players can choose difficulty and start a 30-second challenge against the AI bot to grab the money first!

Screenshot of the gameplay in MoneyGrabber showing time left, scores for player and bot, and a money — MoneyGrabber Gameplay Screen

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