A basic pygame game which is not basic - Starfall Protocol

Naman Chhabra — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:19:41 +0000

This is a simple pygame game built by an intermediate level 16yrs old coder

Here is the download link without so much boring talks:

https://gamejolt.com/games/starfall-protocol/1074404

Please note that Windows is currently supported and I have never tested my game on other platforms like MacOs/Linux

How I Made this?

Like many beginners learning Pygame, I started with a simple idea:

“Move a green colored square and avoid red colored squares as obstacles.”

At first, the game was extremely basic:

Black Color Background
Simple Obstacle movement
Basic collision system
Plain gameplay loop

But over time, I kept adding more features into the project.

Eventually, the project evolved into Starfall Protocol — a cinematic 2D space game built using Python and Pygame.

What Makes It Different from other 2d games?

Instead of keeping the project as a simple beginner game, I tried adding strange features usually not seen in beginner Python projects.

Video Scenes

The game now contains:

Intro Scene (Rocket Boosts)
Ending scene (Rocket Crash)
Press Space to skip

Background

I added:

Infinite scrolling backgrounds
Dynamic resizing support
Full screen support
Randomized background images
Changes after every few minutes

Gameplay Improvements

The gameplay includes:

Asteroid spawning
Comets (High speed)
Difficulty progression
Life system
Score system
Detects Collision at pixel level
Sound effects and music

Additional Systems

I also experimented with:

Firebase integration
Customtkinter Screen for Rate us and Feedback support
Splash screen module
Window resizing logic

Challenges I faced

Full screen resizing
scrolling backgrounds
First time using Firebase
OpenCv to Pygame surface conversion

Module Used

OpenCv-python
Pygame
CustomTkinter
Requests
Splashscreen-engine
Some built-in modules

I think its enough description, I am tired now 😅

Download & Play the Game

Just like the universe… this journey never ends.

DEV Community: Naman Chhabra