Space Invaders Pygame

About

Space Invaders is Taito's 1978 arcade shooter in which a horizontally moving laser cannon defends against descending waves of aliens. This is an early (2019) pygame remake of the arcade classic Space Invaders, built by the author while learning Python. It leans into extra color and playful sound effects rather than staying strictly authentic to the original's presentation.

How it differs from the original

The author describes it as 'not very authentic' to the original, adding more color and different, funkier sound effects than the arcade game had.

Getting started

Clone the repository and run the game script directly with Python; pygame must already be installed, since the script imports it on startup.

History

The author made this in 2019 while learning Python.

Credits & contributing

• All sprites were made by the author and are freely reusable, except the background image, which is someone else's work; sound effects and music are sourced from freesound.org under its own licenses.