A game made for the Pygame Community Spring Game Jam 2025

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A Shoot 'em Up game with a 3D twist!
Make your way through 3 levels of tough bullet hell, fighting a plethora of enemy ships along the way.
Made by Lowland Palms

Info

This game was made for the Pygame Community Spring Game Jam 2025. Our given theme for the jam was "Spatial", and we were given two weeks the time to complete this. The obvious choice for the theme was to make the game take place in outer space, but as that wouldn't be unique enough we required a mechanic that makes use of mathematical space. To combine these ideas together, we decided to make a Shoot 'em Up similar to Gradius (personally mostly inspired by Platypus) but within a 3D space.

Installation

Download Python 3.12+ if you haven't already.
Download the code to your computer.
Install the required libraries:

• python -m pip install pygame-ce
• python -m pip install numpy

Or install all the packages in one go using python -m pip install -r requirements.txt while located within the game's folder.
Now simply run python main.py from within the game's folder to start playing!

How to play

The main menu of the game is navigated using the mouse.
The controls during gameplay are as follows:

• WASD to move horizontally and vertically
• R to move into the depth (also I for two-handed use)
• F to move out of the depth (also K for two-handed use)
• Space to shoot (can be held down)
• Esc to pause the game

Credits

This game was made by a team of three online friends under the team name Lowland Palms. It consists of:

• JReesW - project lead, game designer, engine dev, mechanics dev, made sound effects
• Curyde - artist, drew all sprites and backgrounds, developed the game's style
• RDSSDR - programmer, mechanics dev, visual effects, all-round programming

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That about wraps up this readme. There's a good chance we will continue working on this game, in which case a link to the old version will be provided (as it was when submitted to the jam).
Thanks!

• JReesW