Alien Invasion is a feature-rich 2D space shooter game built using Python and Pygame. Players control a spaceship to defend against waves of aliens, earn points, and unlock upgrades. The game includes multiplayer functionality, a marketplace, achievements, and more.
- Spaceship Control: Move the spaceship left or right and shoot bullets to destroy aliens.
- Alien Waves: Aliens move in a fleet and drop down as they approach the player.
- Levels: Progress through increasingly difficult levels as you destroy all aliens in a wave.
- Score System: Earn points for destroying aliens and completing levels.
Alien Invasion now supports a multiplayer mode where players can compete against each other. Features include:
- Random Matchmaking: Join a queue to be matched with another player.
- Host or Join: Players can choose to host a game or join an existing one.
- Opponent Aliens: Send aliens to your opponent to increase the challenge.
- From the title screen, click the "Multiplayer" button.
- Choose to host a game or join a random match.
- Play against your opponent and try to win!
The game also includes a voice chat feature for multiplayer mode. Players can communicate with each other during the game.
- Voice chat starts automatically when a multiplayer game begins.
- Ensure your microphone and speakers are properly configured.
- Voice chat may be disabled for users who have been reported or kicked for inappropriate behavior.
- Purchase Items: Spend in-game currency to buy ships, alien skins, and upgrades.
- Available Items:
- New Ship: Unlock a new spaceship design.
- Alien Skin: Customize the appearance of aliens.
- Speed Upgrade: Increase ship speed.
- Fire Rate Upgrade: Increase bullet speed.
- Extra Life: Gain an additional life.
- Track Progress: Unlock achievements based on your performance.
- Achievements List:
- First Blood: Destroy your first alien.
- Sharp Shooter: Destroy 50 aliens.
- Survivor: Survive 5 levels.
- Chest Collector: Collect 5 chests.
- High Scorer: Score 10,000 points.
- Achievements Screen: View all achievements and their unlock status.
- Earn Rewards: For every 1,000 points, a chest drops with a random upgrade.
- Temporary Upgrades: Upgrades last until the player loses a life.
- Possible Upgrades:
- Double Speed: Doubles the ship's speed.
- Double Fire Rate: Doubles the bullet speed.
- Double Score: Doubles the score multiplier.
- High Scores: Compete with other players by submitting your high scores.
- Leaderboard Display: View the top scores on the title screen.
- Customizable Gameplay: Adjust game settings using sliders.
- Available Settings:
- Ship Limit: Set the number of lives.
- Bullets Allowed: Limit the number of bullets on screen.
- Ship Speed: Adjust the speed of the spaceship.
- Bullet Speed: Adjust the speed of bullets.
- Alien Speed: Adjust the speed of aliens.
- Fleet Drop Speed: Adjust how quickly aliens drop down.
- Speedup Scale: Adjust how quickly the game speeds up.
- Score Scale: Adjust the score multiplier.
- Bullet Dimensions: Customize bullet width and height.
- User Profiles: Create and log in to user profiles.
- High Score Tracking: Track high scores for individual users.
- Penalty and Bonus: Load user-specific penalties and bonuses from the server.
- Report Users: Report players for inappropriate behavior in multiplayer chat.
- Report Reasons: Choose from predefined topics like "Hate Speech" or "Harassment."
- Moderation: Reports are sent to the server for review.
- Python 3.8 or higher
- Pygame library
- Additional dependencies:
pyaudiofor voice chatrequestsfor server communicationstemfor Tor proxy support (optional)
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/alien_invasion.py.git cd alien_invasion.py - Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Run the game:
python alien_invasion/Alien_Invasion.py
- Arrow Keys: Move the spaceship left or right.
- Spacebar: Shoot bullets.
- Escape: Pause or exit the game.
- Start the game, access settings, view the leaderboard, or enter multiplayer mode.
- Adjust gameplay settings using sliders.
- Spend in-game currency to purchase items and upgrades.
- View all achievements and their unlock status.
- Control your spaceship, destroy aliens, and progress through levels.
- Additional Achievements: Add more achievements for advanced players.
- New Game Modes: Introduce time attack or survival modes.
- Cosmetic Upgrades: Expand the marketplace with more customization options.
Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request with your changes.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.