Microcosm

Just a little 4X game written in Python using the library Pyxel. Inspiration taken from games I've played.

Pre-requisites

Playing Microcosm requires an installation of VLC media player on the player's machine. Installation instructions for your favourite operating system can be found here. If your operating system lists python-vlc (or something like that) as an optional dependency, it is advised that players also install that. Naturally, Python is also required, at version 3.10 or above.

Play from release

Begin by downloading the latest release for your operating system.

macOS

1. Extract the downloaded zip; double clicking it in Finder is the easiest way.
2. An application will be extracted - right click it and select Open.
3. In the displayed security-related dialog, press the Open button again to start the game.

Linux

In terms of Linux distros, Fedora is explicitly supported and Ubuntu is built for, but the build is not tested. Other distros should find success in one of these two.

Additionally, only x86 architectures are supported.

1. Extract the downloaded tarball using tar -xzvf.
2. A binary will be extracted; run ./microcosm to start the game.

Windows

1. Extract the downloaded zip.
2. An EXE file will be extracted - run this to start the game, allowing Windows Defender to run any scans if it asks to do so.

Play from source

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Run pyxel run microcosm

Wiki

The Wiki can be viewed both on GitHub and in-game.