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+# PythonPlantsVsZombies
+a simple PlantsVsZombies game
+* implement plants: sunflower, peashooter, wallnut, snowpeashooter, cherrybomb
+* implement zombies: zombie, flagzombie, coneheadzombie, bucketheadzombie
+* use json file to store level data (e.g.position and time of zombies, background info)
+
+# Requirement
+* Python 3.7
+* Python-Pygame 1.9
+
+# How To Start Game
+$ python main.py
+
+# How to Play
+* use mouse to collect sun, select the plant cards and seed the plant 
+
+# Demo
+![demo1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marblexu/PythonPlantsVsZombies/master/demo/demo1.png)
+![demo2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marblexu/PythonPlantsVsZombies/master/demo/demo2.png)
+