Frogger (Python / Pygame-ce)

Game #4 in the 20 Games Challenge

A remake of the classic Frogger arcade game, built in Python using Pygame-ce. Navigate the frog across busy roads and dangerous rivers, hopping on logs and turtles to reach the lilypads safely.

Features

• Player-controlled frog with grid-based movement
• Multiple lanes with cars, logs, and turtles
• Turtles can submerge temporarily, requiring careful timing
• Lilypads as goal locations to complete rounds
• Round-based progression with increasing difficulty and faster vehicles
• 3 Rounds per level (3 levels total)
• Easily create, add, or edit level configurations in levels/
• Timed challenges with turtles submerging at different intervals
• Score tracking and lives display
• Custom sound effects for movement, hitting obstacles, falling into water, lilypad filled, and round complete
• Custom made animations for frog jumps, hits, and falls

Controls

• W: Move up
• S: Move down
• A: Move left
• D: Move right
• R: Restart game
• Escape: Quit game

How to Run

Requirements:

• Python 3.10+
• Pygame-ce

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/LunarDrift/frogger.git
cd frogger

2. Install dependencies:

pip install pygame-ce

3. Run the game:

python main.py

The Pixeled font is included in the repository for consistent display across systems

Project Structure

frogger/
├── assets/
│   ├── audio/              # Sound effects (hop, hit, fall, lilypad, next level)
│   ├── sprites/            # Frog, vehicles, logs, turtles, lilypad images
│   ├── fonts/              # Font used in game
│   ├── assetmanager.py     # Manages loading sprite images
│   ├── soundmanager.py     # Manages loading sound effects
├── sprites/                # Sprite classes for Frog, Vehicle, Log, LilyPad, etc.
├── enums/                  # Enum for lane types
├── world/                  # Game world, lanes, spawners, and game logic
├── views/                  # Game view; handles input, plays sounds, draws screen
├── constants.py            # Game constants like TILE_SIZE, speeds, start positions
├── levels.py               # Level configurations
├── main.py                 # Entry point to run the game
└── README.md

Credits

• Original game concept: Frogger
• Pygame-ce library: https://pyga.me/docs/
• Sprite Assets created in Aseprite
• Sound effects created using bfxr
• Font: Pixeled