A modern, Python-powered take on the classic arcade game Asteroids — built with pygame as part of my journey through Boot.dev. Smooth movement, shooting, splitting asteroids, score tracking, sound effects, and a clean retro vibe.

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• 🌀 Full 360° ship movement and rotation
• 🔫 Shooting mechanics with bullet tracking
• 💥 Asteroids that split into smaller pieces
• 🧠 Collision detection using hitboxes
• 🔊 Sound effects (explosions, etc.)
• 🌌 Procedural starfield background with layered parallax
• 🔢 Scoring system based on asteroid size
• 📦 Clean object-oriented Python structure

• Python
• Pygame

1. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/JosephGabito/pyasteroid.git
   cd pyasteroid
   

2. Install dependencies

   pip install pygame
   

3. Run the game:

   python main.py