Finished Development: 03/10/2023

Full documentation can be found here: https://micah-ribbens.github.io/Arcade-Cabinet-Games

Summary

This was the project that I worked on my senior year of high school. It solely used a game engine that I wrote (rendering was taken care of by libraries). It has four games and they can either be played with a controller or keyboard. I worked with somebody else to put the games in a wooden arcade cabinet that we built.

Robowars: an endless platformer where the player is chased by a monster. There are powerups, enemies, and the player can jump in midair.

Space Shooter: a space shooter that has some similarities to Galaga

No Internet Game: game that is similar to Google's No Internet Dinosaur Game. I added a twist though (horizontal movement)!

Bird Shooter: pong-like game where you have to shoot the ball multiple times to have it change direction

How To Run

This project has multiple dependencies that need to be downloaded: pygame and game-qu. So type these commands in the terminal before running. The file that needs to be run is the game_runner.py file. Make sure you run it from the root directory!

• pip install game-qu
• pip install pygame

Playing the games:

Navigating the different games

• If you click any button on the main screen, you will be taken to that game
• Hit the escape key to go back to the main screen
• Hit the 'h' key to go to Robowars
• Hit the 'j' key to go to Space Shooter
• Hit the 'k' key to go to No Internet Game
• Hit the 'l' key to go to Bird Shooter

Robowars

• To move left and right use the 'a' and 'd' keys
• To jump press the 'w' key
• To shoot press the 'f' key

Space Shooter

Player One

• Move left and right with the 'a' and 'd' keys
• Shoot with the 'w' key. The longer the key is held in the bigger the laser is (small, medium, or large)
• Spawn new meteorites with the 's' key

Player Two

• Move left and right with the left and right arrow keys
• Shoot with the up arrow key. The longer the key is held in the bigger the laser is (small, medium, or large)
• Spawn new meteorites with the down arrow key

Navigating the game modes

• If you click any button the main game screen, you will be taken to that game mode
• Hit the 'q' key to go back to the main game screen

No Internet Game

• To move left and right use the 'a' and 'd' keys
• To jump press the 'w' key

Bird Shooter

Player One

• Move left and right with the 'a' and 'd' keys
• Move up and down with the 'w' and 's' keys
• Shoot with the 'f' key. The longer the key is held in the bigger the laser is (small, medium, or large)
• Hold the 'g' key to enter a mode where you can move the beak up and down using the 'a' and 'd' keys

Player Two

• Move left and right with the left and right arrow keys
• Move up and down with the up and down arrow keys
• Shoot with the question mark key. The longer the key is held in the bigger the laser is (small, medium, or large)
• Hold the period key to enter a mode where you can move the beak up and down using the left and right arrow keys