Shooting Stars in a Blocky Cosmose!
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> Capture the sharpest image of the green 🟩 signal star! Everything is squares (and pixels) in our cute little Universe! Get higher score by *capturing sharply*.. that is.. zooming in on those squary guys!
> You are a blocky cosmographer - that is, you capture with your telescopic camera those... stars
> But beware! There are bad RED 🟥 squares (which will trouble you if captured) and BLUE 🟦 good ones (which will make it easier for you)!
> You've got 100 shots!
> Use the mouse primarily... and CTRL key for fine-tuned sniper precision haha!
🖱️ Controls:
* Mouse move: Move view circle
* Right click: Toggle scanner ON/OFF
* Left click: Capture signals in view
* Scroll: Zoom in/out (smaller = higher score)
* P / Space: Pause game
⭐ Stars / Signals:
* GREEN 🟩 = Points (smaller circle = more points!)
* RED 🟥 = Bad! (-points, +speed, -shots, level up)
* BLUE 🟦 = Good! (+speed, +shots, clear stars)
📊 Scoring:
Score = 100 / (circle radius)²
⚡ Tips:
* HOLD CTRL for fine-grained ZOOMING (sniper mode!)
* Smaller circle = higher score!
- Minimap - the one on the bottom right zooms at the point you are looking at - useful if doing sniper shots... see next point
- Sniper shots - those that are with the smallest cursor ever : )) over small-enough green ones! Use the minimap to see what is going on there ;)
* Your circle 🟢 should be larger than the captured squary star able to - IT'S A CAMERA AFTER ALL!!
* Capture MULTIPLE signals at once! (this tip is dumb)
* Watch out for red ones! 🟥
* Blue ones help you! 🟦
* Level up (every 30 seconds) means the game gets harder = -5 shots, more stars (noise), faster speed!
Sniper shots (only if you got the nerves LOL :smile: )!
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Enjoy!
Tools used: VSCode, OpenCode - coding (over plain JavaScript); Strudel.cc - music via JavaScript (oh yes), Aseprite (the animated faces, gosh my limited skills here xD), Audacity - stitching/baking sounds/music together, Paint.NET for (for cutting and stitching some visual stuff), freesound.org for the cam shutter and zooming sound, ... did I miss anything?
Size is 1mb: entire game with all assets is around 1000kb, yes, since... we use plain JS hah; source is ugly, very ugly and slapped together rapidly
> You are a blocky cosmographer - that is, you capture with your telescopic camera those... stars
> But beware! There are bad RED 🟥 squares (which will trouble you if captured) and BLUE 🟦 good ones (which will make it easier for you)!
> You've got 100 shots!
> Use the mouse primarily... and CTRL key for fine-tuned sniper precision haha!
>>> Play online here!
HOW TO PLAY?!
🎯 Goal: Find and capture GREEN signals (🟩) in your cosmic-persicopic-sniper camera 🟢 (circle)!🖱️ Controls:
* Mouse move: Move view circle
* Right click: Toggle scanner ON/OFF
* Left click: Capture signals in view
* Scroll: Zoom in/out (smaller = higher score)
* P / Space: Pause game
⭐ Stars / Signals:
* GREEN 🟩 = Points (smaller circle = more points!)
* RED 🟥 = Bad! (-points, +speed, -shots, level up)
* BLUE 🟦 = Good! (+speed, +shots, clear stars)
📊 Scoring:
Score = 100 / (circle radius)²
⚡ Tips:
* HOLD CTRL for fine-grained ZOOMING (sniper mode!)
* Smaller circle = higher score!
- Minimap - the one on the bottom right zooms at the point you are looking at - useful if doing sniper shots... see next point
- Sniper shots - those that are with the smallest cursor ever : )) over small-enough green ones! Use the minimap to see what is going on there ;)
* Your circle 🟢 should be larger than the captured squary star able to - IT'S A CAMERA AFTER ALL!!
* Capture MULTIPLE signals at once! (this tip is dumb)
* Watch out for red ones! 🟥
* Blue ones help you! 🟦
* Level up (every 30 seconds) means the game gets harder = -5 shots, more stars (noise), faster speed!
Sniper shots (only if you got the nerves LOL :smile: )!
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Enjoy!
Tech nerdy stuff
Tools used: VSCode, OpenCode - coding (over plain JavaScript); Strudel.cc - music via JavaScript (oh yes), Aseprite (the animated faces, gosh my limited skills here xD), Audacity - stitching/baking sounds/music together, Paint.NET for (for cutting and stitching some visual stuff), freesound.org for the cam shutter and zooming sound, ... did I miss anything?
Size is 1mb: entire game with all assets is around 1000kb, yes, since... we use plain JS hah; source is ugly, very ugly and slapped together rapidly