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10.4k sats \ 54 comments \ @BXL909 17 Dec gaming

I wasn't sure whether to post this in 'gaming' or in 'bitcoin'. To be honest I wasn't even sure whether to post it at all as I have no idea what the reaction might be! Anyway, here it is...

It's basically just a bit of a twist on the classic Asteroids, with something of a Bitcoin theme. It takes a few levels of play for the 'twists' to become apparent but don't expect too much 😁.

It's playable in the browser, but it's not designed for mobile (requires keys to play).

Play it here - https://hashteroids.btcdir.org

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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @mega_dreamer 17 Dec

Very fun!! Consider gamifying it.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thank you! I'm not sure what you mean about 'gamifying' it?

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 17 Dec

Wow, this is really good! It has a nice story that makes sense, the graphics are really well done and the gameplay is easy to understand.

Some unsolicited feedback: I think you can integrate the story more into the gameplay. I was expecting to protect a planet but it looked like I was just floating in space and destroying random innocent asteroids. Maybe that would make the game too difficult, but an additional lose condition could be a planet that get hits too many times?

A fun idea might be to integrate gravitational slingshots in some way but maybe that wouldn't be very approachable for most players.

33 sats \ 2 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Great feedback thanks. I spent a while having the same thoughts about the planet (we're protecting a planet, so where is the planet!?). It still bothers me, and I'm not surprised you picked up on that. One thing I considered was a 'Missile Command' (remember that?) bonus level every now and then.

183 sats \ 1 reply \ @DiedOnTitan 17 Dec

Same era. Missile Command. Yes, I remember. Maybe there is a black hole that asteroids enter if you they are on the path. As the count builds up and gets critical, you have to enter it which brings you to a new gameplay mode that shows you the asteroids raining down on the planet that you defend much closer to home (missile command). So the story line is, intercept the asteroids in deep space, but if they get too close, defend the planet as the last resort. Clear the asteroids and re-enter the portal to go back into deep space to defend from further away.

223 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

I love this idea for weaving it in to the existing game/story. I'm going to give this some real thought - maybe it can be implemented just as you described, or maybe it's an excuse for a whole new game!

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @DiedOnTitan 17 Dec

Brought back memories. Well done.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thanks, and thanks for playing!

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 17 Dec

I'll have a go later. I usually use SN on mobile.

56 sats \ 2 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

I'd love to have made this mobile compatible. It actually runs really nicely on my phone except that there is no keyboard to control it with!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 17 Dec

I like it!

One thing that happens sometimes is that I lose my ship out of screen. Not sure if that's on purpose and there's a skill in controlling that.

The red ships are pretty good at destroying me. I haven't played a video game for years.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

I'm flattered that you'd break your multiple year abstinence with my silly game!

Assuming your screen resolution is high enough that the entire play area is visible, then if your ship leaves the play area on one side, it should immediately 'wrap' to the opposite side of the screen, same as the asteroids and the enemy craft. Maybe I've misunderstood you though.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake2 17 Dec

RAD!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

thanks!

31 sats \ 7 replies \ @jasonb 17 Dec

Thanks for sharing! I’m on mobile right now but can’t wait to check it out!

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Great, would love to hear your thoughts!

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @jasonb 17 Dec

Super fun! I made it to level 3 and got just over a million (fake) sats. haha

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

excellent! Thanks for sharing. I wish it were possible to withdraw your sats from the game 😔 Merry Christmas anyway

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @jasonb 17 Dec

You could actually do this with the Zebedee developer dashboard.

https://dashboard.zebedee.io/

...just might want to lower the amount of sats...like by a lot. haha

Here's one I did using that.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

ohhh ok. I was aware of Zebedee but didn't realise that there was an API. I'm going to look into this. I have no idea how the economics would work

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb 17 Dec

I was just saying as an idea. It’s a great game no matter what you do with it!

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

well the whole time I was making it I was thinking how much better it would be if we were dealing with real sats (sadly not in the millions though). I will look into it, either for this or for something in the future

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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Skipper 17 Dec

Reached level 9. Those red enemys are too strong. 🥲

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

wow thanks for persevering past the first couple of levels 😁 Interesting you say that about the red enemies. They were originally a lot tougher - they moved a tiny bit faster, and were a little bit better at homing on your ship and were a little more accurate with their shots. I actually wondered whether they represented enough of a challenge, so it's interesting to hear you say they're too strong. Definitely something for me to think about :)

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 17 Dec

Pretty fun.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thanks!

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @notTim 18 Dec

Great Job!!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 16h

thank you!

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @nout 17 Dec

Is it just me, or is the screen accidentally bouncing because of wrong sizing of the canvas (in Chrome on Mac)? Since <spacebar> also scrolls the page down this means that the screen keeps bouncing up and down during the gameplay.

Try

:root {
  overscroll-behavior: none;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}

and removing the table on the bottom (or accounting for it in the canvas height).

77 sats \ 2 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thanks for letting me know about this. I haven't been able to reproduce this (I don't own a mac) but wondered if you'd mind trying this link please, to see if it fixes it for you?

https://hashteroids.btcdir.org/nout.html

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 17 Dec

Thank you! Yes, that solves the problem

77 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Excellent, thanks for letting me know about it. I'll update the live code with your fix.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @eroc1990 17 Dec

Very nicely done! A bit awkward for my window size, somehow, since the game canvas just barely exceeded the size of the page, but great sound design and the shooting and movement felt fluid.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thanks! Sorry to hear about the canvas size. I thought that would fit most resolutions and that if anything people would only want to expand it (hence the F for full screen option). I just tried using the browser zoom control to reduce the size of the canvas and it worked great!

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @eroc1990 17 Dec

Yeah, I probably could have zoomed the page out to 90%, and it would have been fine. In my case, playing it at 100% in Brave (with bookmark bar enabled) was just enough to be too big for the browser pane on a 1920x1080 monitor in Windows.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Roll 17 Dec

back to the old days xcellent

all the best :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

thanks for playing!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @rblb 17 Dec

Cool! I like your code: no framework, no library, just a gameloop and a canvas 21/12 🫡.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

thanks!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 17 Dec

Will give it a spin

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

thanks. Good luck!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 17 Dec

Good work man!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

thanks for playing!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheBTCManual 17 Dec

Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT5_QA-ZOZg

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

🤣🧡

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @rikbona 17 Dec

so cool!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thank you!

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @ObiJuanCoinobi 17 Dec

Cool game! How do I send my 0.1Bitcoin off the website?

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Haha now that would be neat! I would so love to be able to offer real sats as a reward but there are a few limitations...

I don't know how.
I'm not rich.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ObiJuanCoinobi 17 Dec

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @3a42879d5f 17 Dec

I love a good game of asteroids but sadly it was unplayable on my computer due to low framerate.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

Thanks for trying anyway. That's something I wondered about while developing it. There are tons of particles being shifted around at any one time and I guess some computers are going to struggle more than others. My last little project wasn't a game but it was heavily reliant on vectors and particles, and I managed to come up with a 'lite' mode. Maybe I could try a similar thing here

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 17 Dec

[Show SN]

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BXL909 OP 17 Dec

kind of blew my mind a bit this morning to wake up to find that all you guys had had a quick look at my game. Some of you even seemed to enjoy it! Thanks so much 🧡