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Doodleman

A JavaScript browser game hosted on Google Cloud. It's an action-platformer starring a little stick guy with a sword. Current main gamemode is Survival in which you defeat incoming waves of evil paint-glob enemies.

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Doodleman Title Screen Survival Mode More Survival Mode Even more Survival Mode A basic Sandbox level A really cool spooky forest cemetery concept level. Art by my brother.

Tech used

  • Pure JavaScript, no game-making libraries used.
  • Python Flask webapp for serving all the files.
  • Google Cloud for hosting.
  • RTC Peer Connections for online multiplayer
  • Firestore database for negotiating multiplayer connections

Features

  • Two gamemodes
    • Survival - Defeat incoming waves of enemies to progress to the next level.
    • Sandbox - Just play around in a few test levels and concepts.
  • Multiplayer (2) for both modes. You can get extra help in Survival, or fight each other in Sandbox.
  • Online multiplayer mode with shareable lobby codes. Supports more than 2 players, loading custom levels, and playing both gamemodes.
  • Fullscreen mode! Although the aspect ratio never changes.
  • Keyboard/Gamepad/Touch support
    • Automatically switches depending on which input is used.
    • Can remap controller inputs
    • Assign which controllers/keys control which players.
    • Touch support along with the fullscreen mode means this is basically a mobile game now too.
  • Level Editor
    • Draw terrain using boxes or lines.
    • Import images to use as backgrounds
    • Use any of the included Actors
    • Test button in menu to try it out in Sandbox mode. Quit to continue editing.
    • Can import/export levels in JSON format.
  • Controls and playstyle (Keyboard)
    • WASD to move left/right, duck, and jump.
    • G to attack
    • E to look up / enter doors.
    • R or P to pause.
    • Hold down attack and release for a charge attack.
    • More moves listed in the in-game help page
  • (debug mode - press backslash)

Credits

  • simple-peer WebRTC library by feross.
  • lz-string LZ compression library by pieroxy.
  • FLARE145: Art in the Cemetery demo level, and playtesting.

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