The new and improved version to my first video game.
A few years back I wrote the first version of this asteroid shooter game, and in the meantime I have learned a lot about design patterns and general good practices. So I decided to put these new skills to the test by recreating my rookie project.
- Decoupling of game objects from the main game class.
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In version 1.0: All game object instances and the logic between them was stored in the main game class. This made what the actual game class was doing unclear, instead of simply being a deligator of the game logic.
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New and improved: Groups of similiar game objects (i.e. asteroids or powerups) are abstracted under a 'controller' object. These controllers store the objects, maintain them, and delegate updates and when to be drawn to screen.
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How does that affect me...the programmer?: Adding new features/game objects is so simple. Just code up the new game object in isolation, abstract under a controller and add a few calls to that new controller object in the main game code. And lets not even get into how much easier testing is.
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- Python 2.x
- Pygame
You can install all requirements through pip with:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Just run python main.py.
I - Up
K - Down
J - Left
L - Right
A - Rotate left
D - Rotate right
SPACE - Shoot
P - Pause