Asteroids Game

A simple recreation of the classic Asteroids arcade game, built using Python and Pygame.

How It Looks

Features

• Player movement & rotation
• Randomly spawning asteroids
• Bullet firing with cooldown
• Collision detection
• Asteroid splitting logic

Controls

• W – Move forward
• S – Move backward
• A / D – Rotate
• Space – Shoot

Requirments

• Python 3.10+
• pygame 2.6+
• (Optional) uv (package manager)

Install

Using uv:

uv venv
uv pip install -e .
uv pip install pygame

Using pip:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt  # or: pip install pygame

Run

Using uv:

uv run python main.py 

Using Python:

python main.py

Future Enhancements

• Better collision effects
• Add background music + SFX
• Multiple levels and difficulty scaling
• Scoreboard and high‑score saving
• Health system or shield mechanic
• Asteroid variation (sizes, speed, rotation)
• Power‑ups (triple‑shot, rapid‑fire, etc.)
• Game menu + pause screen
• Publish as an executable
• Optional controller support