shubhsundaram / a-game-galactic-onslaught-

Created 'Galactic Onslaught', an engaging space-themed game using Python and Pygame.

Galactic Onslaught 🛸

Overview

Galactic Onslaught 👾 is a classic 2D space shooter game built using Python and the Pygame library. In this game, players control a spaceship to defend Earth from an invasion of alien forces. The goal is to shoot down as many aliens as possible while avoiding their attacks.

Features

Player Spaceship:

Control a spaceship that can move horizontally, responding to user input for left and right movement.

Shooting Bullets:

Fire bullets from the spaceship to eliminate incoming alien forces.

Alien Fleet:

Encounter a fleet of alien ships that move horizontally and drop down as they reach the screen edges.

Scoring System:

Keep track of your score as you successfully eliminate aliens. Compete for the highest score!

Levels:

The game features progressive levels, becoming more challenging as you advance.

Ship Lives:

Players start with a limited number of lives (ships) and lose a life if an alien touches the ship or reaches the bottom of the screen.

Scoreboard:

Display the current score, high score, and the current level on the screen.

Play Again:

Restart the game after losing all lives.

How to Play

Movement:

Use the Left Arrow key to move the spaceship left. Use the Right Arrow key to move the spaceship right.

Shooting:

Press the Spacebar to fire bullets from the spaceship.

Play Button:

Click the "PLAY" button to start or restart the game.

Screenshots

This image showing the start of the game where player have all the three ships left with a score 0.

This image shows the ending of the game where player has reached to the second level with a score of 5480 with no ship left.

Acknowledgments

The game is created using the Pygame library.

Inspiration from classic space shooter games.

I am grateful to having the book "PYTHON CRASH COURSE" by ERIC MATTHES which helped me doing this project from scratch till end.