A 2d side-scroller clone of Contra (1988) game created using python and pygame library.

Run 🏃

Requires python-3 and pip installed.

pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Fullscreen

You can start the game in fullscreen mode by passing the "-f" argument

python main.py -f

Game Instructions

Controls 🎲

Key	Action
A	Move Left
D	Move Right
S	Drop to a lower platform
R	Quick restart
SPACE	Jump
Left Mouse Button	Shoots in the direction determined by the mouse position
Right Mouse Button	Dash
Mouse Move	Direction of shooting

Powerups 🍹

Powerup	Effect
F	Resets cooldown of Dash
B	+1 Health
Bird	(Powerdown). Causes the player to drop down if taken when on a platform

Rules

• Get to the end of the Level and defeat the bot tanks
• You will die if you lose all your health
• Each bullet hit will decrease your Health by 1
• Hitting an enemy unit will INSIANTLY KILL you

Notes on mechanics

• Running soldiers will be difficult to see underwater. (Only their head is visible )
• Jump, Right and Dash for longer distance
• The bird powerup will trigger only if you are walking on a platform while activating.
• Hence jumping directly on top of the powerup will not activate as you are not on a platform. This can be used to prevent unwanted drops to death
• Trying to drop when on water will cause you to drown and die !!
• Direction of shooting is determined by the mouse position. Mouse above/below the player shoots a bullet at an angle of +/- 45 degrees from the ground.
• RMB activates Dash when it is out of cooldown. Its cooldown is depicted in top center of the screen Use this ability to cross broken bridges for example.
• A random powerup drops in front of the player every 2 seconds. If it goes out of screen behind the player, it disappears
• Snipers shoot only when the player is infront of them
• Soldiers who run across the screen are generated randomly every 3 seconds in front of the player
• All global settings are present in the 'settings.py'. They can be changed by the player to make the game more interesting and/or challenging

Assets

Asset	Credits
Background	Zephiel87
BGM	Jake Kaufman on ocremix
Sprite sounds	Effects from bfxr
Sprites	Google images

Thank you for playing