Mountaintop Groovy Robot Laser Battle

Mountaintop Groovy Robot Laser Battle

A rhythm-based fighting game where you play as a robot and share a single battery with your laser. Taking damage and firing your weapon reduces your power level, which can only be recovered when you are safe.

Instructions for install

- Windows zip: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2FLvR9xg9GmZ2lnSHBHLU5sUzQ
- Unzip the folder
- Run .LaserBattle.exe. There is a period at the beginning of the name so that it appears first in the directory, but if you have trouble running it, rename it.
- When launching the game, it will ask you to press space to the beat of the music. This isn't just a title screen gimmick, it's a calibration phase, so keep that in mind! Enjoy the game!

Controls

- Fire weapon: D
- Recharge: A
- Jump: W
- Shield: S

All inputs have to be coordinated with the beat of the music and the flashing of the background in order to register. At the start screen, you calibrate the music beat with the visuals by pressing space to the beat as you hear it.

Creation

- Programming: Python and pygame
- Art and animation: Paint.NET and a nice Python sprite sheet class
- Music: Sibelius and an online MIDI to WAV converter
- Sound effects: SFXR

I made all assets during the 48 hour period, and used no external sound, music, or image samples. You can listen to the original soundtrack here: https://soundcloud.com/user-565506175/fredericks-theme.

Download the game:

Another link for redundancy. Enjoy!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2FLvR9xg9GmZ2lnSHBHLU5sUzQ