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Glider - A simple boids based video game

javascript
game
boids
Author

Luca Leon Happel

Published

February 27, 2020

Today, while revisiting my old laptop, I rediscovered a project from just over a year and a month ago:

Screenshot of the game

Named Glider, this project can be experienced and played directly in a web browser, without any need for installation, at http://quoteme.github.io/glider/.

The core intention of Glider was to serve as a proof-of-concept, demonstrating my capability to recreate a game akin to LUFTRAUSERS. Although my version, the “clone”, offers a limited range of functions, it successfully fulfills the objective I set out to achieve.

Key features include:

A retro aesthetic Sophisticated enemy AI The option to choose from varying team numbers The facility to take control of any other glider in the game.