👾 Alien Invasion: A Python Arcade Game

Alien Invasion is a classic arcade-style shooter game built with Python and Pygame.

Take control of a spaceship, blast waves of descending aliens, dodge attacks, and protect the Earth in this high-energy 2D space shooter.

Built as a GUI-based game project to sharpen Python programming and game development skills.

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Gameplay

• Control a spaceship using arrow keys or WASD.
• Fire bullets to destroy waves of incoming aliens.
• Increasing difficulty as levels progress.
• Lose lives when aliens reach the bottom or crash into your ship.
• Your mission: Survive and set the highest score possible!

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Built With

Component	Description
Python	Programming language (v3.8+)
Pygame	Library for 2D graphics, game loop, and event handling
OOP	Classes for ship, aliens, bullets, game settings
GUI	Real-time display using Pygame’s blit/render engine

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How to Run the Game

Make sure you have Python 3.9+ and pip installed. Clone & Run

pip install pygame
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/alien-invasion.git
cd alien-invasion
python alien_invasion.py