TopGun_Fighter

A small Arcade Game inspired by the movie TOP GUN

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Table of Contents

1. Explanation
2. Goals
3. TOP GUN FIGHTER
4. How to play ?
5. Installation
6. Additional Functionalities
7. Future Improvements
8. Requirements
9. Sources

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Explanation of the project

This project consists of creating a small Arcade Game containing a simple 1 VS 1 game, using a Raspberry Pi and buttons/joystick.

The Project started on 16/05/2022, and the submission date was set for on 13/06/2022.

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Goals of the project

First, the creation of the 1 VS 1 game with the language (I choose Python and Pygame) of our choice and with some functionalities like :

• 5 screens :

  • Main menu screen
  • Game screen
  • Score screen
  • Instruction screen
  • Settings screen

• 2 players with :

  • Joysticks and Buttons (like PS4 controller)
  • Rotation speed : 360° rotation
  • Movement speed
  • Health
  • Firepower
  • Shooting time
  • Projectile velocity

Then, importation of our program into a Raspberry Pi Model 3B+ with the controllers plugged.

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TOP GUN FIGHTER

This game is inspired by the movie TOP GUN and it is an Air Battle Game (player against player) !

The Goal for both players will be to destroy the opponent in a DOG FIGHT. Both Players has bullets and missiles to shoot and 100 point of health. | Bullets = 5 damages / 20 points | Missiles = 15 damages / 40 points. |

At the end of the game, the score of the winner will be save in a json.file (saves.json) and display on the Score menu.

Game Screen

Menu Screen

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How to play the game

To play TOP GUN Fighter, you must be 2 players and have 2 controllers (PS4). You can also use the keyboard !

Note : In the menu of the game you can find the controls and rules on the Instruction section

Player 1 Keyboard :

• Z : Move forward
• Q : Rotation Left
• D : Rotation Right
• LEFT SHIFT : Bullets
• SPACE : Missiles

Player 2 Keyboard :

• UP ARROW : Move forward
• LEFT ARROW : Rotation Left
• RIGHT ARROW : Rotation Right
• LEFT CTRL : Bullets
• RIGHT SHIFT : Missiles

Players controllers :

• JOYSTICK_LEFT : Rotation
  • JOYSTICK_LEFT LEFT : Left Rotation
  • JOYSTICK_LEFT Right : Right Rotation
• JOYSTICK_LEFT : Acceleration
  • JOYSTICK_RIGHT UP : Propulsion
  • JOYSTICK_RIGHT DOWN : Reduce Speed
• L1 : Bullets
• R1 : Missiles

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Installation

In order to use our game, you have to clone the repo on the desktop of the Raspberry Pi:

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/KevOneRedOne/TopGun_Fighter-Raspberry-Pi

Dependencies and Packages :

Make sure that all dependencies are installed on your computer or the Raspberry :

• Python 3 : python --version or py --version
• Pip : pip --version

Install few packages :

• pygame : py -m pip install -U pygame --user
• pygame_menu : pip install pygame-menu -U
• pygame usb : pip install pyusb and pip install libusb

Run the Game

Then, go to the file:

cd TopGun_Fighter-Raspberry-Pi/

And let's play the game !!

python .\main.py 

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py .\main.py 

Run on Raspberry

Auto-run on Raspberry

On the Raspberry Pi, move the topgun.desktop file on the file script to the execution shortcuts :

sudo mv ./topgun.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/topgun.desktop

Then, the program will be executed on the login.

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Additional Functionalities

• Score leader board
• Game runs at 100 fps (Adjust to 60 fps on the Raspberry Pi 3B+)
• Json file for the save of the score
• Keyboard and Joystick gameplay

Future Improvements

• Timer for the Game
• Improvement of the score system
• Sound Effects
• Settings screen with the personalization of :
  • Planes choices
  • Speed and Firepower
  • Wallpaper
• Improve UX/UI design

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Hardware and software requirements :

Stacks : with

Raspberry Pi or PC : or

Controllers :

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Sources

To succeed in making our project, we had to resource ourselves on the net, here are some of the resources we used :

• Python docs : https://www.python.org/
• Pygame docs : https://www.pygame.org/docs/
• W3schools : https://www.w3schools.com/python/
• Techwithtim tutorials : https://www.techwithtim.net/tutorials/
• Inspiration for my game : https://andrew-gg.itch.io/spacewar-top-gun
• PS4 Controller Tuto : https://github.com/anubisankh/dualshock4-python
• Pygame Joystick : https://runebook.dev/fr/docs/pygame/ref/joystick
• Pygame Menu : https://pygame-menu.readthedocs.io/en/4.2.8/index.html
• Raspberry Pi Docs : https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/