🛸 Alien Invasion

Summary

A Python arcade-style space shooter built with Pygame.
This project strengthened my debugging, problem-solving, and GenAI-assisted troubleshooting skills while practicing object-oriented programming, CLI-based GitHub administration, and real-time logic.

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🧠 Tech Stack

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💥 What I Made

• A fully playable space shooter with smooth movement, bullet firing, alien waves, and score tracking.
• Modular codebase using classes (Ship, Alien, Bullet, Game) to organize logic and gameplay systems.
• Built a solid foundation in event-driven programming and game loop control.

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⚙️ How I Made It

• Developed locally in Python/Pygame, testing each system through iterative runs and debug prints.
• Used Generative AI (ChatGPT & Amazon Q Developer) to troubleshoot logic bugs, optimize loops, and refactor classes.
• Managed versions, commits, and branches entirely through the CLI using PowerShell and WSL, demonstrating confidence in command-line GitHub administration.
• Currently packaging for web deployment using pygbag and planning to host the playable build on AWS S3.

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🚀 Why It Matters

• Demonstrates real-world debugging and GenAI-assisted problem-solving in an applied project.
• Shows my ability to plan, build, test, and iterate through software issues independently.
• Highlights practical understanding of Python fundamentals, OOP, CLI workflows, and deployment pipelines.

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