How to Make a Typing Racer Game in Python!

How to Make a Typing Racer Game in Python!

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LeMaster Tech
25 Video Views·Apr 22, 2025

Code and Assets Here: https://github.com/plemaster01/PythonTypingRacer

The typing racer or type racer game format is a very common and popular game for programmers to practice, and making it in python using the pygame module was a ton of fun and a great project for beginner or intermediate programmers!

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction and Project Showcase
00:03:30 - Setting Up A Basic Pygame Game
00:07:30 - Drawing the Background Screen and Basic Game Statuses
00:23:10 - Creating the Button Class
00:33:13 - Get User Typing Input for Active String Checking!
00:40:44 - Generate New Words Each New Level
00:57:20 - Make the Word Class
01:05:57 - Check User Answer
01:11:05 - Creating the Pause Menu and Adjustable Word Length Buttons
01:29:04 - Reading and Saving High Score to External Text File!
01:34:43 - Adding Game Music and Sound Effects to Your Pygame Game!
01:39:36 - Outro and Thank You!