orndorffgrant / squaresplosion

A game about squares and explosions. HTML Canvas <-> WebSockets <-> Async Rust

Squaresplosion

Squaresplosion is a game about squares... and explosions. Move around to increase your score. Run into other player squares to explode them. Be careful though, if another square runs into you, you explode!

FAQ

Link? Where can I play it?

We took down the server after a while so there isn't a link we can give you anymore. If you do want to play, all the code is here and open source, so you just need to get it running on your own server. It ran pretty well on the smallest Digital Ocean droplet when we were hosting it.

How does it work?

The frontend is simple static HTML/CSS/JS. The game is on an HTML5 Canvas. Multiplayer coordination is handled via a central stateful websocket server, written in Rust. All state is in-memory.

No - I meant how do I play??

Oh. WASD or arrow keys to move. That's about it.

Can I play with others?

You can only play with others! There is no single player mode. Pick a room name and send it to your friends. After you all join the same room, you can start squaresploding.

The colors are inconsistent, why?

Because we didn't build in functionality to keep consistent colors. As a result, sometimes you and another square will be the same color. We are sorry.

The square that explodes after a collision seems random sometimes - whats the deal?

Whoever enters a space of an existing square wins. As an example, if square A is sitting still and square B moves into square A, square A will explode. If both squares are moving, then the square that wins depends on which movement command reached the server first. The server is in New York - plan accordingly.