PyWeek 36 - Dark Gravity

Topic: Dark Matter

Idea: In a 3D space (for 3D pygame, I used my own repo pygame3D) full of planets, the player travels with a spaceship. There exists unpredictable gravity due to dark matter! Can you reach your destination in time?

Run the Game

Install pygame and run

python run_game.py

Objective

You have an objective planet. You need to go near it and press X to detect it. Due to dark matter, there exists random gravity so it is not easy to freely move around. After you are done with one planet, another is assigned. You can see the distance to it and height difference. In the middle of the screen, you can see the timer and direction you need to go.

Controls

ESC -> quits
U -> toggles free/game mode

In Game Mode

WASD -> applies force
TG -> applies force up or down
NM -> rotates left or right
X -> detects the target planet in front of the player

In Free Mode