Here’s an animation using the turtle module:
Python
import random
import turtle
WIDTH, HEIGHT = 600, 600
screen = turtle.Screen()
screen.tracer(0)
screen.setup(WIDTH, HEIGHT)
screen.bgcolor("black")
def run_animation(n_turtles=100):
SPEED = 1
# Create turtles
all_turtles = []
for _ in range(n_turtles):
the_turtle = turtle.Turtle()
the_turtle.shape("turtle")
the_turtle.color(
random.random(),
random.random(),
random.random(),
)
the_turtle.penup()
the_turtle.left(random.uniform(0, 360))
all_turtles.append(the_turtle)
# Move turtles with frame rate control
for _ in range(500):
for a_turtle in all_turtles:
a_turtle.forward(SPEED)
a_turtle.left(random.uniform(-10, 10))
screen.update()
run_animation(10)
turtle.done()
Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with this module. This code first sets up the screen and then runs a simple animation within the run_animation() function.
This function creates a number of Turtle objects and displays them as turtle sprites on the screen. Each one has a random color and faces a random direction.
The final part of run_animation() moves each turtle forward and turns it by a random angle in each frame of the animation. There are 500 frames in this animation.
Run the code and try running it with 10, 200, and 1000 turtles in the animation by changing the argument you pass to run_animation().
