The simple multiplayer 2D tanks game in Python, developed with my kids.

• gameplay resembles famous NES game Battle City
• allow multiple players to fight each other via network
  tested on local home network, but theoretically may work via Internet (didn't tested, though)
• game is compatible with RetroPy libretro core

• Debian, Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS, etc:

sudo apt install -y python3-pygame python3-configobj

• Fedora:

sudo dnf install -y python3-pygame python3-configobj

wget -q -O - https://github.com/WiseToad/tanks/releases/latest/download/tanks.tar.gz | tar -xzf -

See tanks.conf

• cd src/
• run server.py once on some machine reachable for all clients via network
• run tanks.py for each client that desires to play

Keyboard:

• arrow keys - move
• Space, Right Ctrl - shoot
• PgUp, PgDn - cycle maps

Joypad:

• D-Pad - move
• A - shoot
• Select+A/B - cycle maps
• Select (on release) - cycle map forward

• fix sudden crashes (due to short-term connectivity lost?)
• allow two players to play on same client (needed especially for libretro cores)
• implement bonuses appearing randomly on map - health, rapid fire, velocity boost, vulnerability, etc
• test map cycling with joypads
• design more maps

• Tanks - This project on GitHub