🚀 Astro Space Game

🌌 Project Description

Astro Space Game is a 2D arcade-style space shooter built with Python and Pygame, designed to immerse players in a colorful cosmic battlefield. Players pilot a spaceship through waves of tumbling asteroids, collecting power-ups and avoiding collisions to survive as long as possible. Featuring dynamic difficulty, retro-style visuals, and explosive effects, the game is a throwback to classic space shooters — modernized for today's players.

This game was developed for The Stellar Gateway Hackathon to provide a fun, interactive experience inspired by the vastness and danger of outer space.

🎮 Gameplay Overview

🔁 Game Flow

• Splash Screen: Animated logo with music.
• Main Menu: Start, Best Score, Instructions, Settings, Quit.
• Gameplay: Dodge, shoot, survive asteroid waves.
• Pause Menu: Resume, Main Menu, Quit.
• Game Over: Displays score with retry or exit options.

🎮 Core Mechanics

• Controls:

  • Arrow Keys / WASD: Move
  • Space: Fire bullets
  • X: Energy Blast
  • P: Pause
  • M: Mute
  • F1: Fullscreen

• Player:

  • Starts with 3 lives
  • Gains power-ups
  • Temporarily invincible after hit

• Asteroids:

  • Fall randomly from above
  • Vary in speed and pattern
  • Increase in difficulty over time

• Power-Ups:

| Name | Color | Effect | | ----------- | ------ | -------------------------------- | | Double Shot | Purple | Fires two bullets simultaneously | | Shield | Blue | Grants temporary invincibility | | Speed Boost | Yellow | Increases ship speed | | Extra Life | Red | Adds an extra life |

• Scoring:

  • +10 for asteroid destroyed
  • +50 for every 30s survived
  • +20 for power-up
  • −50 for collision (score never below zero)
  • Floating score animations
  • High scores saved locally

🧠 Technologies Used

• Language: Python 3.6+
• Game Engine: Pygame 2.0+
• Libraries: pygame, random, os, sys
• Sound & Graphics: Custom assets + open-source music and effects

Built With

• pygame
• python