🏍️ Gridlock Neon

Gridlock Neon is a rhythm-based cyberpunk runner game integrated with the KBS Cloud platform. Players steer a lightcycle on an infinite synthwave perspective grid, dodging barriers and collecting shards to synth beats.

🕹️ Game Overview

• Genre: Rhythm-based Cyber-Runner
• Visuals: Synthwave grid expanding to a neon horizon, neon pink obstacles, glowing blue collectible notes, grid pulse matching sound bass.

⚙️ Core Loops

1. Lanes: Dodge shifting hurdles by sliding between 3 lanes on a grid.
2. Beats: Slide/jump in sync with background music beats.
3. Collect: Collect memory shards to power up shields and multiply scores.

🛠️ Technical Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Vite
• Renderer: HTML5 Canvas with custom perspective projection
• Audio: Web Audio API with real-time synthesizer and rhythm beat detection
• Backend: Express, SQLite (for presence, scoreboards, and multiplayer)

🚀 Getting Started

Local Development

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Start the development server:

   npm run dev

Production Deployment

Run the deployment script to compile the frontend, install production node modules, configure the systemd service, and register the app in the KBS Cloud Hub catalog:

./deploy.sh

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.