• Motivation: On my journey of seeing what the hype about Python is all about and learning it, I came across a book 'Python Crash Course' and this game is inspired from the boilerplate project given in the book.

• Challenge: Extending the boilerplate code given in the book and making it my own. This was the first time I had worked with a large project in Python as far as object oriented architecture was concerned. I had to keep in mind all the files, classes and methods and achieve the desired functionality.

• Accomplishment: Developed 3 modes of gaming instead of just one in the boilerplate code given in the book. Additionally, was able to code keeping in mind the PEP8 guidelines.

• Python 3.7+ needs to be installed. Get the latest version here
• Pygame needs to be installed. Execute this command in CLI: python -m pip install pygame

• Arcade: With three lives, pass as many levels as you can with the highest score possible.
• Timed: Try to kill as many aliens as you can in 2 minutes!
• Survival: The toughest of them all! You have only one life to kill those aliens.

• LARROW: Move ship left.
• RARROW : Move ship right.
• SPACEBAR: Shoot.
• Q: Quit the game.

Gamers' Note: You can only have a certain number of bullets onscreen at a time.

Alas, no Python library in my knowledge supports executable file generation for Python 3.7 yet. Let me know if you find one! :)

• Clone or download the repository onto your local system.
• To play the game, run alien_shooter.py via the CLI or any Python IDE. Enjoy!

This project is licensed under the MIT - see the LICENSE file for details.