Randomized Ball-dropping Game

This is a client-server arcade-style game developed as a final project for CS 35201. Players control a bucket that must catch balls dropping from random points in the sky. The game demonstrates basic real-time networking between a client and server using Python and Pygame.

Team Members

• Brandon Angell
• Kent Ogasawara

Game Description

This project uses a client-server architecture:

• Server Side

  • Displays the game window and visuals
  • Manages game state (ball positions, bucket location, scoring)

• Client Side

  • Handles user input (WASD)
  • Sends input data to the server
  • Receives updated game state from the server

Controls

• WASD – Move the bucket left, right, up and down

Requirements

• Python 3.12.3
• Pygame library
• Network connectivity between client and server