Inspiration
Given the prompt to make a space-themed game, our group was hooked. While none of us have never made a game before, this challenge would allow us to push our imagination, learning abilities, and graphic design talents to our limits. The idea of having a space-themed game which involved fun textures, octopus-like propulsion, and a fun gameplay loop may be ambitious, we were up to the task.
What it does
Our game, Stellar Squirters, is a space-themed dodging-focused shoot em' up focused on keeping yourself, the stellar squirter, alive against the increasing waves of an octopus' natural enemy, the otter. Survive increasing waves of otters while shooting them for points to get your all-time high score, but watch out, get hit once and you're dead.
How we built it
We used Python 3.11 and PyGame to create Stellar Squirters, while using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, and ProCreate to create a fun and immersive gaming experience.
Challenges we ran into
With no prior game making experience, we were bound to run into many challenges. The first and main challenge of this hackathon was setting up our groups hacking environment and GitHub. This took up about 4 hours of our first day, having to trouble shoot many different issues with little online documentation relating to our issues, but we were able to move past this. If we didn't have to spend as much time setting up our environment, we would have been able to add more objectives to the game which overall would have made the gameplay loop more fun, however restructuring our game was necessary to fit the time crunch.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud to have developed beginner knowledge in game design and PyGame, while also creating a fun movement system which always keeps the user engaged.
What we learned
We gained beginner knowledge in game design and PyGame, while also learning how to collaborate on the same files across computers with GitHub, how to work under a time crunch, and learn how to structure a large group project while working together and individually on separate parts.
What's next for Stellar Squirters
Stellar Squirters has several features waiting to be implemented with the classes and entities already set up. Adding the logic required will take Stellar Squirters galactic.
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