A modern reimagining of the 1979 Atari classic. Same core gameplay, but wrapped in neon glow, combo scoring, power-ups, boss fights, and enough screen shake to feel every hit.
Open index.html in any modern browser. No build step, no dependencies, no server required.
Navigate through waves of neon asteroids. Shoot them to break them apart, dodge the fragments, and rack up combos.
Each wave brings more asteroids at higher speeds. Clear them all to advance. Every 5th wave summons a boss.
Track your kills, max combo, waves survived, and compete against your own high score (saved locally).
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
W / Arrow Up |
Thrust |
A / Arrow Left |
Rotate left |
D / Arrow Right |
Rotate right |
Space |
Fire |
Shift |
Dash (dodge with i-frames) |
Touch controls are available on mobile.
- Vector-style ship and asteroids with screen wrapping
- Asteroids split into smaller pieces when destroyed
- Escalating wave difficulty
- Lives system with respawn invulnerability
- Neon glow aesthetic with colored outlines, bloom, and CRT scanlines
- Combo system -- chain kills within a short window for up to 10x score multiplier
- Dash -- burst of speed with invincibility frames on a cooldown
- Power-ups drop from destroyed asteroids:
- Triple Shot -- fires 3 bullets in a spread
- Shield -- absorbs one hit
- Rapid Fire -- doubles fire rate
- Nuke -- destroys everything on screen
- Boss fights every 5 waves with movement patterns and aimed bullet attacks
- Screen shake and particle explosions on every hit
- Floating damage numbers with combo multiplier display
- Procedural audio -- all sound effects synthesized via Web Audio API (no audio files)
- Starfield background with twinkling stars and a subtle moving grid
- High score persistence via
localStorage
Two files. No frameworks.
index.html-- markup, styling, and UI overlaysgame.js-- entire game engine (~900 lines)
Rendering uses Canvas 2D with shadowBlur for the glow effects. Audio is generated at runtime with the Web Audio API using oscillators and noise buffers.
See LICENSE.