Pirate Invaders

About the project

Pirate Invaders is a game based on the game Space Invaders. The player controls a horizontally moving character. Players goal is to achieve the highest score by eliminating enemy entities.

Prerequisities

1. Download Python (v3.10+)
2. Download Pygame (v2.1.2)

How to play

1. Clone this repository or download it as a ZIP file

   git clone https://github.com/MiraZzle/pirate-invaders

2. Open the project in an IDE of your choice
3. Run the ./source_code/main.py

Launching from Terminal

• To run the game from Terminal, make sure your current working directory is pirate_invaders. From terminal, run this command:

python3 ./source_code/main.py

Entities

• Player

  • Moves horizontally and shoots a projectile to destroy enemies. The player has 3 lives, which are lost by colliding with enemy projectiles or colliding with enemy entity.

• Enemy

  • Moves horizontally in a group. If a member of enemy group touches a side of the game window, the enemy group switches direction. Randomly fires a projectile. On collision enemy projectile subtracts a player life or deletes a piece of wall. There are 3 enemy types, which differ in points given after their destruction by player.

• Bonus Enemy

  • Moves horizontally. Spawns on top of the screen at random time. Gives bonus points if destroyed.

• Wall

  • Static entity. Protects the player from enemy projectiles. This entitity can be destroyed by colliding with any projectiles. Resets every new round.

Controls

Key	Action
→	Move Right
←	Move Left
Space	Shoot
Enter	Restart Game

Game Over

• Game Over conditions:
  • Game ends if player health reaches 0
  • Game ends if player collides with an enemy