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https://github.com/buntine/SwervinMervin

A truly radical homage to 16-bit racing games.
https://github.com/buntine/SwervinMervin

pixel-art pygame retrogaming

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A truly radical homage to 16-bit racing games.

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# Swervin Mervin: A recreation of 80's pseudo-3D arcade racing games



![Swervin' Mervin](/lib/box.png?raw=true "Swervin' Mervin")

![Gameplay A](/lib/gameplay_a.gif)

![Gameplay B](/lib/gameplay_b.gif)



Written in Python over the course of way too much time.



Here is a [small video of me playing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLmdHhFFgQ&feature=youtu.be) (poorly).



And here is my bosses son, Jesse, [playing the arcade version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZsDYY9bZ7A). Sorry for the portrait mode.



More info on the pixel art is available over at my girlfriends website: [MelanieHuang.com](http://melaniehuang.com/projects/swervinmervin.html).



### The Arcade Edition



![Swervin' Mervin Arcade Edition](/lib/arcade.jpg?raw=true "Swervin' Mervin Arcade Edition")



Yes, it's real. Ships with MAME, SNES and NES (1000+ games). Want something similar for the office? Email me.



### Playing



Ensure that you have [Python 2.x](https://www.python.org/) and [Pygame](http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml) installed, and then:



```

  $ ./play

```



Accelleration and steering is performed via the arrow keys. [ENTER] to start, [ESC] to kill the game in fullscreen mode.



Many in-game settings can be changed in `./swervin_mervin/settings.py` but I'll also load in settings that are defined in `./swervin_mervin/settings_local.py` (which is gitignored).



### What people are saying



> "It's no Sonic the Hedgehog"



And...



> "You actually get points for killing people? I don't remember that bit in the originals..."



And even...



> "I've taken dumps that were more fun than this steaming assheap..."



### Credits



  * [Jake at codeincomplete.com](http://codeincomplete.com/) and [Lou at extentofthejam.com](http://extentofthejam.com/) for their fantastic articles on pseudo-3d racing games.

  * My beautiful girlfriend, [Mel](http://melaniehuang.com), for all of the original pixel art. 

  * [LazerHawk](https://lazerhawk.bandcamp.com/), [Miami Nights 1984](https://soundcloud.com/miami-nights-1984), [Timecop 1983](https://timecop1983.bandcamp.com/) and [Alverna Gunn](http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Alverna_Gunn/10011) for the excellent music.

  * Out Run (1986) for "letting me" use some sprites.

  * Jim Gillette, Macho Man Randy Savage and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Myself for the sound bites.

  * [SoundBible](http://soundbible.com) and [FreeSFX](http://freesfx.co.uk) for some sound effects.

  * This project is dedicated to Adam Hillier (RIP), for his love of retro video games, and Zak Harvey (RIP), for his love of reckless driving.



### TODO

  

  * !Design 2nd and 3rd level properly

  * !Congratulations sequence when game is finished

  * !Package better for distribution (ship with Pygame?)

  * Rethink player checkpoint logic to fix "time left" bug in pause and make countdown easy to disable/enable.

    * Use current actual FPS to determine time left.

    * Move all time/checkpoint stuff into game (or maybe level?) and out of player.

  * Local highscore file outside of git

  * Engine sounds based on speed

  * Screech sound and sprite when hitting tunnel wall

  * Walls

  * Multiple roads with forks

  * Get Mel to create art for: Bonuses, Tunnel roof, Other players, Other levels

  * Random boxes that penalise time-left when hit

  * Random boxes that give player temporary speed boost

  * General refactor and Pythonify of sloppy code