A 2D top-down space shooter with trading elements, a spirital successor of the classic BBC game Elite.
---- RELEASE NOTES ----
Game Title: Elite Flatland
Version: 1.0
Written By: Darron Vanaria (dvanaria@gmail.com)
License: Free to copy/distribute/modify as long as not for profit.
This game was developed with one of the original author's
consent under the agreement that it would never be for
sale (this game or any derivative of the source code).
The source code is freely available at:
www.fireheadfred.com/flatland
Codebase: 11 python program files
382,831 bytes (text, source code)
7,803 LOC (Lines Of Code)
Release Size: 92.5 MB (includes all assets and source)
11.3 MB (game executable)
Development Dates: Project Start -> July 2016
Code Complete -> August 2017
Estimated Work -> 800 man hours
Languages: Python 3.5.1
Libraries: Pygame 1.9.3
Sound Effects: Sampled using Audacity, sounds taken from original
BBC Micro (Master 128) game running on an emulator.
Other sound effects created with Bfxr.
Development Platform: Cygwin running on Windows 7, with Python
and Pygame installed. Code editing done
using Vim. Assests created using Microsoft
Paint, Audacity, Bfxr. Release build
created using Pyinstaller and Inno Setup.
Original Game: "Elite", released in 1984 for the BBC Mirco by
developers Ian Bell and David Braben.