Astro-Lander Game

CESI x HARFANG Workshop

Astro-Lander is a game prototype co-created during a 1-day workshop between CESI Nanterre & Harfang 3D. The game relies on realtime physics to challenge the player on their skills to counterbalance gravity and inertia.
Astro-Lander works both in 2D and VR. It is implemented in Python 🐍

Astro-Lander can be played:

• on a PC (desktop/laptop) using the keyboard
• in VR, using any SteamVR-compatible heaset and the controllers The gameplay remains in 2D, the display being in 3D or VR.

Gameplay preview

• All the levels were created by a team of CS students at CESI Nanterre.
• Some of the game logic was implemented by the students.
• The game is open source and can be re-used for any other purpose.

If you want to play 🎮

• Download the latest release (look for a file like astrolander_xxx.zip)
• Unzip it
• Run 2-run.bat (or 3-run vr.bat if you feel lucky and have SteamVR installed with a VR headset)
• To control the lander (the spaceship with a little 🧠 in it) press the arrow keys:
  • ⬅️ Thrust left
  • ➡️ Thrust right
  • ⬅️ + ➡️ Thrust up
• Get all the coins
• Reach the homebase (flat cylinder on the ground, looking like a target, facing upward)
• If your life reach 0, you die
• If your fuel reach 0, you die
• Press k to enable the AAA rendering mode (realtime GI and reflections)

If you want to code 💻

Requirements:

• Python 3 (provided)
• Harfang 3.2.4 (provided)
• VSCode
• Harfang Studio
• Blender/Maya (optional)

How do install it:

• clone the repository
• open the folder in VSCode
• run it

How to edit/create a new level:

• Install Harfang Studio
• Run Harfang Studio
• open the project (resources/project.prj)
• look for the resources/scenes/levels folder

Contributors 👩‍🦰 👨 👩‍🦲 🧔

• AroD117
• Astrofra
• Disketflu
• Evenll
• KindPixel
• Kipixelle
• Kvntn
• LANGLOISGuillaume
• MomoALK
• Scorpheus