Asteroids Game Engine

Built as a foundational project at Boot.dev, this implementation of the classic Asteroids game served as a deep dive into object-oriented programming (OOP) and game loop architecture.

Engineering Highlights

• Vector-Based Physics: Implemented 2D vector mathematics for movement, rotation, and velocity calculations, ensuring smooth and predictable entity behavior.
• Inheritance & Polymorphism: Leveraged a clean class hierarchy for game objects (Player, Asteroid, Shot) to manage shared behavior like movement and wrap-around logic.
• Collision Logic: Developed a robust circular collision detection system to handle interactions between projectiles and asteroids of varying sizes.
• Resource Management: Optimized sprite rendering and game state management using the Pygame library, focusing on maintaining 60 FPS performance.

Core Features

• 🛸 Responsive Controls: Physics-based movement with inertia and rotational thrust.
• 🪨 Dynamic Difficulty: Recursive asteroid splitting logic (Large -> Medium -> Small).
• 🔫 Projectile System: Managed object lifetimes for shots to prevent memory inflation.
• 🔄 Wrap-Around Logic: Seamless teleportation across screen boundaries for all game entities.