Pickle's Fetch Quest

A throwback to the Game Boy era of gaming, inspired by Kirby's Great Cave Offensive and started for GitHub's 2017 Game Off. Help Pickle brave the Wolf Queen's Palace and collect as many of her treasures as you can!

Installing

Install dependencies with pip and run pickles-fetch-quest.py to play!

pip install -r requirements.txt     # To install only packages needed to play
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt # To install development packages as well
python pickles-fetch-quest.py       # Let's play!

Development

Pickle's Fetch Quest uses flake8 to maintain PEP 8 compliance. Run flake8 on the project directory when contributing to ensure your code follows these guidelines. Tests are written using Python's unittest module.

flake8             # Lint codebase
python -m unittest # Run tests

Tests can also be run with coverage reporting.

coverage run -m unittest                        # Run tests with coverage
coverage report -m --skip-covered --include=./* # Report files without 100% coverage

Dev Log

Sept 2020
Debug graphics for colliders and triggers were added, showing what the world simulation is really looking at.

 

Aug 2020
The camera was implemented, allowing Pickle to explore maps created with the Tiled editor.

 

Nov 2018
Support for the Tiled editor was added, and the demo now showcased a simple castle interior.

 

Nov 2018
Tiles could now be animated, and Pickle's original artwork was drawn.

 

Nov 2018
Player input was now supported, and the demo updated to allow horizontal movement and jumping.

 

Mar 2018
Collision resolution was implemented, allowing physical objects to rest against one another.

 

Nov 2017
The initial physics engine was added, setting up for collision detection.