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Show HN: RIFT – A procedurally generated FPS game in the browser

team-duck.com

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This is an example of a first-person shooter game written in JavaScript using WebGL. All of the (limited) art assets are generated procedurally. The game uses the team duck game engine (tedge.js) which handles things like loading shaders, buffering object meshes, and calculating collision using octrees. The input controls are slightly confusing, because it is not possible to capture the mouse in the browser without using some sort of plugin, but it shows generally what is possible.

The source code is available here: http://www.team-duck.com/rift/files.php

The project is also on GitHub: https://github.com/teamduck/gametube

As noted below, this demo lacks any real gameplay. It's a proof of concept for a homegrown browser engine, and it's based off of efforts on different platforms originally.

It shows what a lone programmer can do and that not all tech demos need to be flashy. It also harks back to a more minimal development style.

Here is a command reference of the source code auto-generated with a script: http://www.team-duck.com/rift/reference.txt

Although it might not be clear from the GitHub repository, this project is over a year old. If I were to spend just a little bit of time on it, I would work on generating a sequence of levels through the space station. So I'm open to input for game ideas, too.

You might want to check out https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Pointer_Loc...

It's worth taking a look. When I wrote this it was before this standard was implemented.

Mashing down keys as fast as I could to stop the spin... had to leave before getting too dizzy. :)

Hm, yeah. It's controlled using the mouse. Center the mouse to prevent the view from moving.

WASD moves the player character.

Pressing 1 enables debug mode, which shows some bounding boxes.

Got it. Thanks for the hint.

Rift is already the name of a large popular first person MMORPG http://www.riftgame.com/en/

True, but I picked this working title in 2006 or 2007.

Blocked at work for some reason.

This Websense category is filtered: Games.

At least that's what I get.

The URL that you are attempting to access is a potential security risk. Trend Micro OfficeScan has blocked this URL in keeping with the network security policy. URL: http://team-duck.com/rift/index.html Risk Level: Dangerous Details: Verified fraud page or threat source

I'm not sure why that would be.

I get the same sort of thing with ESET.

"The web page is on the list of websites with potentially dangerous content."

What do I shoot at?

It's more of a proof of concept than a game yet. Adding gameplay goes hand in hand with adding plot, and without enough of a framework or scaffolding to fit the whole game together I haven't started on that.

Plus, all of the monsters / enemies I tried to make in code looked really horrible.

The other demos, like flying through space, can be more fun but they lack gameplay, too.

There's just not that many reasons to make something to destroy yet.

It's neat. Is this all HTML5 and JavaScript then?

Yep, it's all JavaScript.

Cool. Keep at it!

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