12: AAAAH! Zombies

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Today’s hack was going to be built around the gamepad API – but I utterly failed
to get it working nicely with any of my USB or Bluetooth controllers. Not to
mention that support seems patchy at best across all platforms/browsers. So I
decided to make a little game instead.

[IMAGE: https://blog.omgmog.net/images/2016-10/12/giphy.gif]

Today’s game is quite simple and quite bodged together. I stole the
raycaster-based movement from Pete’s day 11 hack
(https://cardboctober.github.io/pete/11/) to make it possible to move around the
“level”.

When you hit “Start” a hoard of zombies start moving towards you. You can move
around to avoid them and if you stare at a zombie while touching the screen
(or holding the button) you have a (high) chance of killing them.

I’m going to work on this some more for day 13, so keep your eyes peeled for
that update!

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Published October 12, 2016

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Max Glenister is an interface designer and senior full-stack developer from
Oxfordshire. He writes mostly about front-end development and technology.

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