Introduction

Python Wars Solo is the result of a few hours effort roughly duplicating a text-based Star Trek game I wrote back in 1980-1981. You fought up to 9 Klingons in your Enterprise. Beating one was a piece of cake. Three was a fun challenge. Five was tough. Seven was done only a few times. Nine was never done. The game was simple, fast, easy to learn, and tons of fun.

Now I don't remember much about the mechanics of the code I wrote back in High School. So when I started writing Python Wars Solo I decided not to worry about it. I would code how I felt like coding, and just create a game.

There were a few false starts. I kept trying to add tons of complexity to the code, or lots of neat features. Lots of time was wasted and not much was done. The technical term for what I was doing is 'Scope Creep'. Then my wife advised that I just make it really simple and get it done.

And I did. I got it done.

To avoid potential yet likely silly copyright/trademark issues, I renamed the ship the 'Pythonista'. The enemies are the evil 'Zargons'.

Details

Command the Battle Cruiser Pythonista!
Fight the good fight against the evil Zargons
Use your ship's spinal mounted beam cannon to slice and dice the enemy to pieces!
Launch missiles to destroy Zargons in single shots
Fight up to 9 enemies!
Old school text based game
Easy to learn
Addictive

Future Version Thoughts

Keep basic mechanics
Add 2-D map
Incorporate PyGame
Since all components are objects on ship objects which exist in the space object, current version could easily be expanded:

Let players build their own ships and use introspection to generate menus
Damage the ship in ways so that parts get broken