Unit 02 Games: Pyxel Project #

🎨 Design Prompt: You will create a maze game or a platforming game. You must include at least one new, unique mechanic.

[0] Planning Document #

This is a big project with a lot of room for customization. It is important for you to plan the game prior to coding.

✏️ Plan your game on the planning document: Unit 02: Games Project Planning Document

1️⃣ outline your game overview
2️⃣ outline your feature
3️⃣ outline the feature implementation in the logic of the game
4️⃣ outline the story in a graph diagram

🧠 Some idea for features:

power up items
enemies
multiple levels
shooting
multiplayer

[1] Set Up #

💻 Start by going into your unit02_games folder.

cd ~/desktop/making_with_code/unit02_games

💻 Clone your starter code. Be sure to change GROUPNAME to your group name.

git clone https://github.com/the-isf-academy/project_pyxel_GROUPNAME

cd project_pyxel_GROUPNAME

replace GROUPNAME with your group name
Group members Group name
Junhong & Katie school_game
Dylan & Curtis tank_vs_zomebies
Samuel & Carson samuel_and_carson
Eunice & Tyler maze_shooter
Leda & Anthony the_water_house_brothers
Ian kowloon_platformer

Group members	Group name
Junhong & Katie	school_game
Dylan & Curtis	tank_vs_zomebies
Samuel & Carson	samuel_and_carson
Eunice & Tyler	maze_shooter
Leda & Anthony	the_water_house_brothers
Ian	kowloon_platformer

💻 Enter the Poetry shell and install the requirements:

poetry shell
poetry install

This repo includes the following files:

assets.pyxres
coin.py
game.py
helpers.py
player.py
camera.py (for platformer game)

[2] Assessment #

✅ This project will be assessed on the following criteria:

Planning
- I can define a specific aesthetic for my game and explain how my art choices support it
- I can describe a new game mechanic and outline the logic needed to implement it
- I can design sprites and a map layout
- I can create UML diagrams that accurately plan the attributes and methods
Iterative Development
- I can track the development of my project by successfully committing to Github a minimum of each class work day, preferably after each work session
- I can write descriptive commit messages that accurately describe the changes made
- I can systematically break down my project into smaller chunks
Aesthetic Implementations
- I can use the Pyxel Editor to draw custom tiles and sprites that match the designs in my planning doc
- I can implement a functional map where walls, floors, and sprites are placed correctly according to my sketch.
Mechanic Implementation
- I can extend the game’s functionality by adding a new class or building on an existing class
- I can develop a new mechanic so that it works as planned during gameplay
- I can test my game thoroughly to ensure the mechanic works in different scenarios
Readability
- I can use descriptive names for modules, classes, attributes, and methods f
- I can write descriptive comments to describe complex pieces of the code

For each criteria you will be assessed on a score from 0-3. With 5 criteria, there is a total of 15 potential points.

0 - no evidence of the practice
1 - limited evidence of the practice
2 - satisfactory evidence of the practice
3 - substantial evidence of the practice

[3] Deliverables #

⚡✨
A Unit 02 Games Project: Planning Document
A project_pyxel_GROUPNAME repository will include some if not all the following files:
assets.pyxres
coin.py
game.py
helpers.py
player.py
any other files you created
💻 Merge your work to Github:
Follow the steps exactly in order to merge (combine) your work on github. Let a teacher know if you get any error message.
Student 1:
git status
git add -A
git status
git commit -m "your message goes here"
be sure to customize this message, do not copy and paste this line
git push
Student 2:
git pull
git status
git add -A
git status
git commit -m "your message goes here"
be sure to customize this message, do not copy and paste this line
If you enter a text editor on your terminal, asking for merge message:
Press esc
Type :wq
Press enter
git push
Student 1:
git pull

[4] Resources #

👾 Games for inspiration #

⏱ Time #

If you are interested in including an element of time in your game (a countdown, a stopwatch, etc.), follow along with these steps. You can also reference lab_typing_game which used the time() to calculate wpm.

Be sure to import the time library and any functions you want to use at the top of the file.

time() - save the current time into a variable

from time import time

#save the current time
current_time = time()

end_time = time()

elapsed_time = end_time - current_time