Multiplayer Cosmic Drift

http://cosmic-drift.herokuapp.com

Note: Because my multiplayer version of Cosmic Drift, an asteroids-type game utilizing a JavaScript engine with HTML5 canvas for graphics, entailed a complete overhaul of my original, single player version, I've opted to create a new repo for this continuation of the project.

#Controls

• Arrow Keys turn
• Forward applies thrust
• Spacebar shoots
• That's it! There's no braking in space!

#Instructions

###Single Player

Stay alive as long as possible, and destroy asteroids to rack up your score.

Multiplayer

• The object is to outlast your opponent.
• If your opponent dies before you, you have 10 seconds to score bonus points.
• Your victory (or defeat) will be measured by score differential.

Good Stuff/ Technical Features

• Trig functions to determine rotation of ships and asteroids.
• Finite State Machine handles game state transitions.
• Predictive analysis used to minimize lag/number of packets transmitted over websockets.
• Server-side data structures allow multiple concurrent multiplayer games.

Technologies used

• Node.js
• HTML5 Canvas
• Websockets (socket.io library)
• Finite State Machine (javascript-state-machine library)

This app is hosted on Heroku, using their websockets add-on