Calm Waters
A downloadable game for Windows
About
Calm Waters is a calming puzzle game where you move a boat around a maze by creating ripples that push the boat. With soothing ambient background music and simple, relaxing game play, it's the ultimate COVID-19 stress reliever! As you progress, you are matched with new obstacles and puzzles to complete.
This game was an entry for PyWeek #29. You can view it's entry page here.
Controls
- Click - Throw Rock
- Escape Key - Pause
That's all. No, I did not forget anything. Two buttons. Those are all the controls.
Download Instructions
Windows Version
Downloads calmwaters-src.zip. Extract the file to a folder.
Go to the extracted folder and open the exe.win32-3.7 folder.
Under that folder run main.exe
Source Code (Python 3+)
Download calmwaters-src.zip. Extract the file to a folder.
Download Pygame 1.9+ and PyTMX 3.2+. These can also be downloaded from pip by running a pip install command shown below:
pip install -r requirements.txt
If that doesn't work, you can try directly installing them from the links below:
Then you can run the game in Python 3 by running the following command:
python main.py
Tools Used
- Python 3.7
- PyCharm Community Edition 2019
- Tiled (itch.io page)
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Audition
- beepbox
Sound Effects Links
I did not create the sound effects. I did everything else. I'm linking the original sound effect pages just in case you want to check them and their creators out:
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Release date | Mar 29, 2020 |
Author | OrionDark7 |
Genre | Puzzle |
Made with | Adobe Illustrator, pygame, Tiled |
Tags | 2D, Low-poly, pygame |
Code license | MIT License |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Accessibility | One button |
Links | GitHub, PyWeek Entry, My Website |
Install instructions
Download Instructions
Windows Version
Downloads calmwaters-src.zip. Extract the file to a folder.
Go to the extracted folder and open the exe.win32-3.7 folder.
Under that folder run main.exe
Source Code (Python 3+)
Download calmwaters-src.zip. Extract the file to a folder.
Download Pygame 1.9+ and PyTMX 3.2+. These can also be downloaded from pip by running a pip install command shown below:
pip install -r requirements.txt
If that doesn't work, you can try directly installing them from the links below:
Then you can run the game in Python 3 by running the following command:
python main.py
Development log
- Game ReleaseApr 08, 2020
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