Sean Foley, Kaitlyn Keil, Apurva Raman
Software Design, Spring 2016
Symbiosis is a platform game in which you play as a blobby orphan baby trying to find a family to accept it. Using powers granted to you by a mushroom symbiote, traverse levels and make decisions to meet your goal.
Game Site: https://sites.google.com/site/symbiosisthegame/home
Game Drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byeh9J0R89gxbTJKakREYWRnbTA
This project uses the math, sys, collections, numpy and pygame libraries. Make sure these are installed before playing the game.
To play, run the file game_base2.py. This imports the modules Spores, LivingThings, Terrain, and Room. These contain the classes needed to run the game.
- Spores contains the classes for the thrown spores, such as decomposition and ledge-creation.
- Terrain contains the classes for the platforms and surfaces and obstacles.
- LivingThings contains the classes for the player and creatures that move.
- Room contains and constructs the levels, and imports the above modules.
- HUD contains classes for dialogue and stat bars
- Menu creates a menu
- Intro contains Video/cutscenes
- game_base2 displays and runs the game using a Controller and View class
To download the code to run Symbiosis, open https://github.com/SeanFoley123/bug-free-spork/archive/master.zip in a browswer.
Run from game_base2.py. This should open a pygame window, beginning with a cutscene. Press 'space' to advance through this cutscene. The game will then begin.
Use the left and right arrow keys to move. Spacebar throws spores; change which type using 'e' (grows ledges) and 'q' (kills and destroys objects). The down arrow key lets you eat mushrooms to regain health. 't' allows you to talk to your sybiotic mushroom friend. 'p' brings up the pause menu. Don't hit the enemy, try to survive!
http://programarcadegames.com/python_examples/show_file.php?file=platform_jumper.py for basic platforming code
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2016 Sean Foley, Kaitlyn Keil, Apurva Raman
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Make the tutorial more intuitive/helpful
Fix the whole level-traversing thing. Maybe make you able to go both ways? -- Done
Shrink level 2 -- Done
Ledges expire after a certain amount of time (10 seconds?) -- Done
Only one key to switch spores
Fix the spore-HUD thing
Display key-bindings on menu
Make multiple menus
Terrain rectangles shouldn't affect movement or ledges spreading
Make more cool levels
New spore abilities
Implement more story
More levels of corruption
Make lava look dangerous/make a barrier between it and water