ChronoMind

A UCSD Cogs 189 Project. This is a time-slowing bullet-hell game which uses the NeuroSky headset to augment the flow of time in the game.

Setup

This code is written for python 3.9. Other versions may not work.

In your console, run the following commands from within the ChronoMind directory:

pip install virtualenv

virtualenv common\venv

common\venv\Scripts\activate

pip install pipwin

pipwin install pyaudio

pip install -r common/requirements.txt

How to Modify the Gameplay

Overview

Enemies are the objects in the game which can hit the player.

Rounds are an object which spawns a series of enemies.

Each of these objects spawn at a set time, which is defined the the timeline.py file.

How to Start

The only file you will need to open will be the timeline.py file.

Scroll down to the Timeline Creation region.

Call the add function to add an Enemy or Round to the game.

The add function takes in a time to spawn the round in ms, and an instantiated Enemy or Round.

Creating Enemies

To create an Enemy, look in the enemies.py file to see all currently defined instances.

Read the documentation to find the initialization documentation for whichever enemy you choose.

Use the defined speed, direction, position, and color constants defined in the timeline.py file to instantiate your enemies more easily.

Pick a time in ms to spawn the enemy at, and call the add function to add the enemy to the timeline at the given time.

Example:

add(1000, enemies.Bullet(MIDDLE_RIGHT, SLOW_LEFT, GREEN))

This function adds a Bullet Enemy at 1 second into the game, starting at the center of the right edge of the screen, going slowly to the left, colored green.

Creating Rounds

To create an Round, look in the rounds.py file to see all currently defined instances.

Read the documentation to find the initialization documentation for whichever round you choose.

Use the defined speed, direction, position, and color constants defined in the timeline.py file to instantiate your rounds more easily.

Ensure that you are passing Enemy classes, and not instantiated enemies, to the round's initialization.

Pick a time in ms to spawn the round at, and call the add function to add the round to the timeline at the given time.

Example:

add(1000, rounds.Straight(enemies.Bullet, MIDDLE_RIGHT, SLOW_LEFT, GREEN, 100, 50))

This function adds a Round at 1 second into the game, which spawns a Bullet Enemy at the center of the right edge of the screen every 50 ms. These Bullets travel slowly to the left, and are green. The round will stop once it spawns 100 enemies.