/socket_ship

A multi-player asteroids style shoot-em-up. An experiment with WebSockets.

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Socket Ship

Socket ship is a multi-player shoot-em-up. Guide your ship through the void, blasting enemy ships with your lasers.

It's called Socket Ship as it's a technology test that uses WebSockets to communicate with a server to host the multiplayer action.

Details for the first planned release

  • Each new player that joins will be given a different colour
  • There is no end, except when the server dies
  • Once the server is running, the game has essentailly begun
  • When players join they'll be able to start moving immediately
  • No collision detection between ships (they just pass over/under each other)