A proof-of-concept multiplayer arena game where players battle at the atomic level, crafting elements to devastate opponents and capture their nucleus!
Due to the unsustainably large scope of this project, the massive amount of existing bugs/quirks/performance issues, and a lack of focus in regards to design, the AtomBlast project has been discontinued indefinitely with no plans to resume development in the future.
With that being said, however, I believe that what we achieved with this existing proof-of-concept is far from trivial, and we hope the code base can be used by other developers (maybe you??) to continue this game or use its code to create something altogether different. Some dev-related features we achieved with AtomBlast include:
- A client-server game system written in pure Javascript with Socket.io working together with PixiJS for a seamless websocket send/request callback system,
- A simple matchmmaking system for creating and populating an arbitrary amount of server rooms,
- A custom tiling manager that allows easy map generation given a simple 2D array of strings,
- A chat system with custom commands,
- An object abstraction in PixiJS for handling interactions, movement inputs, and inheritance structures,
- A webapp runnable by anyone to self-host game servers,
- And many more small but not insignificant features that are outlined in the document below.
Click here to view our developer doc that describes the code design of the game.
Since the project has been discontinued, we are no longer offering a demo server, so if you want to try the game for yourself we recommend you self-host. (It's actually really easy!)
- Download and extract the game files or run
git clone https://github.com/BananiumLabs/AtomBlast.io.git. - Download Node.js if you haven't already.
- Using your terminal of choice, run
npm ito install dependencies. - Run
npm start. You should see a message that the server has started on port 12002. (Customize this port insrc/server/config.json.) - Open your browser of choice and type
localhost:12002. - If you want to play with friends in the local network, run
ip addron Linux oripconfigin Windows to see your local IP (should start with192.168...) and ask them to connect to192.168.x.xxx:12002replacing the x's with the numbers in your local IP. - If you want to host an online server, look up how to port forward or host on a webserver.
Although the game is not complete, it is fully playable and has the following features implemented:
- Matchmmaking and multiplayer: autojoin a room/team, or make your own custom room/team!
- Chat: Send messages to the room, or view announcements for events such as tile captures.
- Atom spawning/collection/inventory: Head over to spawners to collect atoms for crafting!
- Tile capturing: Reduce a tile's HP to capture it for your own team!
- Customizable loadouts: Choose which compounds you want to play with!
- Crafting: Compounds require a certain number of compounds to craft!
- Compound types: Flammable, Health, Speed, Stream, Barrier. View the compound selection menu to learn more!
- WASD to move
- Left click or Space to shoot/craft
- 1,2,3,4 to select compound to craft
- Esc for menu
Coverage:
Click here to view our concept doc.
Click here to view our developer doc that describes the code design of the game.
Click here to view the API reference.
If when running nodemon it gives an error EADDRINUSE, run this: kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:12002)
If you would like additional information about AtomBlast, have any questions/comments, or just would like to get in touch, shoot an email to [email protected].