Project

Atari Speed Racer

A fast-paced, addictive 2D endless racing game built with Pygame

🏎️ Atari Speed Racer | Pygame Racing Game

A thrilling 2D racing experience where you dodge traffic at high speeds!have fun 😉

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🚦 Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/VIDAKHOSHPEY22/Racing-car-game.git
cd Racing-car-game

# Install dependencies
pip install pygame==2.6.1

# Run the game
python atari.py

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✨ Features

Feature	Description
🚗 Multiple Car Skins	Choose from several cool skins – new ones added by the community!
⏯️ Pause / Resume	Press P anytime to pause and resume without losing your run
🔄 Instant Restart	Crash? Just hit R and get right back into the action
🎚️ 4 Difficulty Modes	Easy → Normal → Hard → Insane – speed and traffic increase dramatically
🏆 Enhanced Scoreboard	Beautiful new UI showing current score, multiplier, and all-time high score
🔊 Sound & Music Toggle	Press M to turn sound effects and background music on/off
⚡ Score Multiplier System	Survive longer → multiplier goes up → insane high scores possible!
📈 Progressive Speed	The longer you play, the faster everything gets
🛣️ Dynamic Traffic	Randomly spawned enemy cars with realistic lane changes
💾 Persistent High Score	Your best score is automatically saved

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🎮 Controls

Key	Action
← →	Move Left / Right
P	Pause / Resume
R	Restart Game
M	Toggle Sound & Music
ESC	Quit Game

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📁 Project Structure

Racing-car-game/
├── .github/              # GitHub workflows & issue templates
├── assets/               # Images, icons, car skins, fonts, etc.
├── music/                # Background music & sound effects
├── screenshots/          # Game screenshots & GIFs
├── .gitignore
├── atari.py              # Main game (run this!)
├── highscore.txt         # Stores your best score automatically
├── requirement.txt       # Dependencies (just pygame)
├── LICENCE               # MIT License
├── README.md             # You're reading it!
├── CONTRIBUTION_SUMMARY.md     # Summary of recent contributions
├── FEATURES_COMPARISON.md      # Before/after feature comparison
└── PR_DESCRIPTION.md           # Ready-to-use PR template

📸 Screenshots

🛠️ Building Executables

Windows:

pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --icon=assets/icon.ico atari.py

🎮 Game Preview

👉 Watch Full Gameplay on YouTube →

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🤝 CONTRIBUTORS

Special thanks to these awesome contributors! 🎉

Yalda Khoshpey

Ananya

Saurav

Mukesh Lilawat

Thank you for your valuable contributions to this project! 🙏

Thanks to everyone who contributed with pull requests, bug reports, and suggestions!

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📬 Need My Attention?

Sometimes I might miss your PRs or issues..😣😖😢.
If you need me to check something important or want to help make this game even better,
feel free to email me directly!😍

📧 vidatwin18@gmail.com

Let's work together to improve this game! Your feedback and contributions are always welcome.

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License –
Feel free to use, modify, distribute, and have fun with it! ❤️

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Ready, Set, GO! Enjoy the race! 🏎️💨🏁