A simple 2D space shooter built with Pygame Zero as an educational project for learning game development in Python.
This project is designed to demonstrate core game development concepts using Pygame Zero — a beginner-friendly framework built on top of Pygame. The code covers:
- Game loop — drawing, updating state, and handling input each frame
- Actors — sprites with position, angle, and velocity
- Collision detection — laser hits and player collisions
- Randomness — UFO spawning and movement direction changes
- Sound effects — lasers, explosions, shield hits, and game over
- Animation — frame-based explosion sequences
Pilot your spaceship and destroy incoming UFOs before they collide with you. You start with 3 lives. The game ends when you run out.
| Action | Key |
|---|---|
| Rotate left | A |
| Rotate right | D |
| Accelerate | W |
| Decelerate | S |
| Shoot laser | Space |
- Each UFO destroyed earns 10 points
- UFOs wrap around the screen edges
- A GAME OVER screen is shown when all lives are lost
- Python 3.x
- Pygame Zero
Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txtpython main.pymain.py # All game logic
images/ # Sprites (ship, UFOs, lasers, explosions, lives)
sounds/ # Sound effects
requirements.txt
Sprites and sounds from Kenney.nl — free game assets.