Petri Dish

[Play the live version on my website!][germs] [germs]: http://www.jshorty.com/germs

About

Petri Dish borrows concepts from the Asteroids arcade game, but at a scale many orders of magnitude smaller. The player floats and fights to survive while surrounded by his slightly larger, albeit microscopic neighbors.

Features

• JavaScript game logic rendered through HTML5 canvas
• Germs split up and speed up when hit by the player's bullets
• Difficulty increases over time
• Temporary immunity on player respawn
• Uses [Keymaster][keymaster] library [keymaster]: https://github.com/madrobby/keymaster

Next Step Goals

• Realistic bullet speed/direction (use player movement vectors)
• Respawning enemies
• Player has limited lives, Game Over screen displayed when finished
• Add timer, time-based scoring
• Germs split into two smaller ones when shot (currently they just shrink or disappear)
• Integrate start/game-over UI into in-game JavaScript