🍩 DONUT SNATCHER MULTIPLAYER 🍩

A competitive 2-4 player arcade game where players race to collect 25 donuts first!

Play now at https://donutsnatcher.com (or the temporary tunnel URL below if not yet published)

Run Locally

To run this MakeCode Arcade project locally on Debian Linux or Windows 10/11:

Quick Start

Linux (Debian/Mint):

make serve                 # Requires Python 3 or Node.js (npx)
# Or directly:
bash scripts/serve.sh

Windows 10/11:

scripts\serve.bat          # Requires Python or Node.js (npx)
# Or PowerShell:
powershell scripts/serve.ps1

This will start a local HTTP server at http://localhost:8000 and open your browser.

Manual Commands

If you prefer to run the server manually:

# With Python 3 (Linux/Windows)
python3 -m http.server 8000 --directory .
# or on Windows:
py -m http.server 8000 -d .

# With Node.js (Linux/Windows)
npx --yes serve -n -l 8000 .

Then visit http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

Game Features

🎮 Multiplayer Support: 2-4 players can compete simultaneously 🍩 Objective: First player to collect the target donuts wins!

• Level 1: 50 donuts to win
• Level 2: 100 donuts to win
• Level 3: 200 donuts to win ♥️ Power-ups: Collect hearts to gain extra lives (max 5) 💥 Obstacles: Avoid flying projectiles that steal your lives 🎆 Difficulty Levels: Choose from 1-3 difficulty settings with scaling spawn rates

Player Characters

• Player 1 (Blue): Arrow Keys
• Player 2 (Red): Player 2 Controller
• Player 3 (Green): Player 3 Controller
• Player 4 (Yellow): Player 4 Controller

Custom Port

# Linux:
PORT=9000 bash scripts/serve.sh

# Windows (cmd):
set PORT=9000 && scripts\serve.bat

# Windows (PowerShell):
.\scripts\serve.ps1 -Port 9000

Optional: Build from Source

To build this project using the PXT (MakeCode) CLI:

npm install -g pxt
pxt build

Use as Extension

This repository can be added as an extension in MakeCode.

• open https://arcade.makecode.com/
• click on New Project
• click on Extensions under the gearwheel menu
• search for https://github.com/dean-coder245/game-building-session-tutorials and import

Edit this project

To edit this repository in MakeCode.

• open https://arcade.makecode.com/
• click on Import then click on Import URL
• paste https://github.com/dean-coder245/game-building-session-tutorials and click import

Metadata (used for search, rendering)

• for PXT/arcade

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