🌌 Solar System Simulator

A Python-based interactive 2D/3D Solar System simulator built with Pygame and Pygame GUI, featuring orbit trails, parallax star backgrounds, a toggleable 3D view, mini-map, background space sounds, and GUI buttons for easy control.

🚀 Features

• 🪐 Accurate relative orbit speeds and distances (scaled)
• 🌌 Multi-layer parallax starfield background
• 🌍 Toggle between 2D and simulated 3D orbital view
• 🧭 Mini-map shows real-time planet positions
• 🌀 Animated orbit trails for all planets
• 🕹 GUI buttons:
  • Pause / Play simulation
  • Toggle 2D ↔ 3D View
  • Mute / Unmute background music
• 🔊 Ambient space music to enhance realism
• 🖱 Zoom and drag camera using mouse

📁 Project Structure

solar-system-simulator/
├── planets/
│   ├── sun.png
│   ├── mercury.png
│   ├── venus.png
│   ├── earth.png
│   ├── mars.png
│   ├── jupiter.png
│   ├── saturn_ring.png
│   ├── uranus.png
│   └── neptune.png
│
├── sounds/
│   └── space_ambient.mp3
│ 
│
├── solar_system.py
└── README.md

🧑‍💻 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• pygame
• pygame_gui

📦 Installation

  pip install pygame pygame_gui

🖱 Controls

Action	How
Zoom	Mouse wheel scroll
Drag	Left mouse click + drag
Pause / Resume	Click Pause button
2D / 3D Toggle	Click Toggle 3D button
Mute / Unmute	Click Mute button