BrkOut

A prison escape game with a blend of brick breaking gameplay and innovative implementation of the same to get the look of an escape.

Screenshots and Gameplay

When you decide to escape

As you fight your way through the unbreakable wall

You realise that escape might not be as easy as you thought

And when you finally taste the free air after numerous attempts

Prerequisite

Python2 or Python 3 are the default languages needed for playing this game [on Linux], to check which version of Python you have, type the following in terminal:

python --version

Downloading Brkout and Playing

You can use the below commands.

sudo apt-get install python-pip
pip install --upgrade pip

pip install brkout

If this does not work, then

sudo -H pip install brkout

For more info, visit Pygame download page

Developing on the Game

On Linux

1. Clone the branch on your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/thealphadollar/brkout.git

2. Install pipenv (pip3 install pipenv) and then install all dependencies (pipenv install --dev).
3. Make the required changes
4. Test the game by running python3 -m game from the repository's directory.
5. Send a Pull Request

On Windows

1. Clone the repository by the method appropriate for the Git interface you are using.
2. Install Python 3.x
3. Install the future library

pip install future

4. Start the game using

python -m game

5. pip install any missing libraries
6. Always pull changes from the main repo before adding your changes

git pull upstream master

7. Create a new branch to work on feature

git branch <feature_branch>

8. Make it the working branch

git checkout <feature_branch>

9. Commit your changes
10. Merge your feature branch to the master branch when all the changes are done

git checkout master
git merge <feature_branch>

11. Push your changes to your fork by

git push origin master

12. Create a new Pull Request on the main repo
13. Make any required changes
14. When the PR is merged, repeat #6 - #14

Gameplay Help

1. The game can be controlled using arrows keys or the 'w', 'a', 's' and 'd' keys.
2. Spacebar and enter key both act as the selection key.
3. Spacebar or escape key can be used to pause the game.
4. Choose the required difficulty level by clicking on it.
5. Reset the highscore, if needed, by clicking on the 'reset' icon.
6. The game can also be played with a Joystick, which has to be plugged in before you launch the game.It works well with AMKETTE game pad but any standard game pad would also work.

Powerups

Currently 5 types of powerups are in the game. Go over a powerup to pick it up. Currently active powerups are shown in top left of the screen.

• Double Damage: Doubles the damge caused to bricks

• Double Power: Sriker's power is doubled

• Double Score: Score is doubled

• Double Speed: Ball's maximum speed is doubled

• No Friction: Friction is removed temporarily

Enjoy The Game

Contribute

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md guide to know more.