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It has been raised that, it might be annoying to open a web page that plays audio without a warning. This game does have audio, so we need to add a checkbox control so users can turn it on if they like, but it is off by default.

Currently, the game logic is so that the ship starts at a random position and moves with random speed and direction. This means the players don't really have enough time just when the game starts to understand the ship's position and try to escape. It would be worth making all the player invincible for about 2 seconds so they don't die even if a bullet hits them in the first two seconds of gameplay.

TODOS:

• Host the server on Heroku
• Move all Math.Random statements to use a single function
• Game canvas needs to adapt to browser window size
• Implement rooms functionality to have simultaneous games on
• Limit room size and restrict users joining after the limit
• Add animations and sounds
• Add controls for mobile browsers
• Move assets out of Glitch CDN
• Add sound controls
• Update favicon to make it visible in light mode

Currently, the game checks for left and right arrow click to compute player input. It would be great to extend this game to mobile browsers by adding controls for that.

Here's a good resource to get started on this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Games/Techniques/Control_mechanisms/Mobile_touch#Touch_events_in_Phaser

I cloned the repository, started the app.. which didnt work, and left my computer. After a couple of hours I started receiving emails that my ably account was blocked because I'd sent over 50k messages. I don't know whats wrong, but thought you should be aware of it.

The README has an embedded gif that shows the working of the game with three players. Since then, the project has evolved to support multiple game rooms using Node JS worker threads.

The preview GIF needs to reflect that.