Dustgrounds

A small Pygame elemental sandbox with a photoreal sky backdrop, a generated grassy terrain map, four textured starter materials: Sand, Water, Lava, Dirt, plus a larger realistic material catalog.

Run

pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

This project uses pygame-ce, which still imports as pygame and has wheels for newer Python versions such as Python 3.14.

Controls

• Left mouse: paint
• Right mouse: erase
• Mouse wheel: brush size
• Mouse wheel over UI: scroll material catalog
• A / D or arrow keys: move player
• W, Up, or Space: jump
• Hold Shift: run
• Hold F: use the selected tool from the player's hand
• Select a weapon, then hold F or left mouse: swing it from the player's hand
• Select Grenade, hold both mouse buttons, then release right mouse: throw
• Select Fire Extinguisher, then hold F or left mouse: spray CO2 and smother flames
• P: respawn player
• 1-4: choose Sand, Water, Lava, Dirt
• 5 / 6 / 7: choose Sledge Hammer / Grenade / Fire Extinguisher
• T: pause simulation
• R: rain
• C: reset the grassland map
• [ / ]: brush size
• - / =: simulation speed