SquidGame in CovidLife

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Inspiration

We are fans of the Squid Game and wanna create our own games. Thus, we decide to create "Squid game in the COVID life". When designing the game, we are inspired by Plants vs. Zombies, Spacewar!, and the mask-wearing policy on campus. Thus, we developed Squid Game in the COVID Life which is a computer game in pixel art.

We try to be innovative by using retro elements. The game, art style, and BGM are retro and classical (even the pygame is an old-fashioned library lol), but the final effect is fresh and innovative.

What it does

The game takes place in the world of the famous Korean TV series "Squid Game". Here, you are a staff member guarding at the gate of the university. Many students come in every day. Some wear masks, some don't. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, you are responsible for preventing students who do not wear masks from entering the campus. Instead of using guns, you will use a magic spell to temporarily turn unmasked students into cats without hurting them. Do not cast spells on students who wear masks, and do not allow students who do not wear masks to come in, or you lose!

The game is controlled by mouse. Moving the mouse and the staff character will move with you. Left click to cast magic and turn the targeted student into a cat. press 'q' to quit the game, space to restart. Remember the students will be moving at a faster speed each new day! And there will be a huge wave of students walking into the classroom at some time slots. Try it out!

How we built it

We built it with Pygame

Challenges we ran into

We have no experience of implementing a game so we have to change the structure and logic of the codes after we finished the first version. Also, we ran into difficulties when adding our designed character to the game.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We learned and used PyGame in a few hours! Although we are in different time zone, we finished most of the plan step by step. A successful remote collaboration!

What we learned

PyGame and how to design a game.

What's next for SquidGame in CovidLife

We will add the animation to the characters, and build a web version of the game. We will also add some randomness to the moving track of students.

Built With

• pygame
• python