https://github.com/kanaka/spacewar

Spacewar arcade game using python and pygame/SDL
https://github.com/kanaka/spacewar

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Spacewar arcade game using python and pygame/SDL

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kanaka/spacewar
• Owner: kanaka
• Created: 2011-06-24T16:58:12.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: gh-pages
• Last Pushed: 2016-07-05T17:41:59.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-25T14:51:16.821Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.65 MB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.json
  • License: LICENSE.LGPL-2.1

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README

        
Spacewar is an arcade game in the rich tradition of creating knockoffs

of the original [Spacewar!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar!)

(considered one of the first computer games).

### Background 

Building something real is always a good way to force yourself to

learn a program. It so happened that at the end of 2004 I wanted to

learn python (for various reasons) and this game was the result. In

2016 I ported the game to the web using the Phaser game framework.

Play it online.

### Screenshots

The game menu:



1 human player against 3 AI players:



### Game Play

Spacewar is a multi-player game. Each person controls a ship on

a looping "toroid" plane. Each ship can rotate, has a thruster that

accelerates the ship forward or backward, and has has a blaster weapon.

There is also a sun in the center of the screen.  All game objects exert

gravitational force on all other objects. The sun is much more massive

(but not larger) than other objects. Ships take damage if if they

collide with a bullet, the sun, or another ship. Players score a point

when they kill another player. If a player dies "accidentally", they

lose a point.

The controls for each player are as follows:

    Player 1:

        Left:     Left Arrow 

        Right:    Right Arrow 

        Thrust:   Up Arrow

        R-Thrust: Down Arrow

        Fire:     Right-Ctrl

    Player 2:

        Left:     a

        Right:    d

        Thrust:   w

        R-Thrust: s

        Fire:     Tab

    Player 3:

        Left:     j

        Right:    l

        Thrust:   i

        R-Thrust: k

        Fire:     Space

    Player 4:

        Left:     Numpad 2

        Right:    Numpad 8

        Thrust:   Numpad 4

        R-Thrust: Numpad 5

        Fire:     Numpad 0

### License

Spacewar is licensed under the LGPL 2.1 (Less GNU Public License 2.1).

See LICENSE.LGPL-2.1 for the full license.

### Acknowlegements

Some of the graphics, music/sfx, and original initialization code in

Spacewar were derived from

[SolarWolf](http://pygame.org/shredwheat/solarwolf) by Pete Shinners.