I thought this might be a multiplayer game of a single instance of Snake where the consensus move is executed in realtime from many players. Of course your version makes sense, but I think the latter would also be cool :)
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#22Magnificent. I was hypnotized by my 1# spot on the running score until I lost it.
The meta competition is an addiction +1 powerup.
My personal recommendation is some catchy techno tune as music. Heart pumping sort of music that gets you into the zone.
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#23Also, make running into the edge kill you, or at least change it so that the edges become lethal after a certain amount of time. That would make the endgame more dramatic, as it would be easier to encircle your opponent.
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#24Nicely done! I had a lot of fun playing this for about 30 mins!
A couple of questions: I thought that if one snake ran into another, it would end the game but there were a couple of times where they just passed thru each other. Was this a bug?
Also, there were a couple of times when either I or my opponent ran into the other, and it ended in a tie. Shouldn't that be a win for the other player?
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#25Nicely done! I had a lot of fun playing this for about 30 mins! A couple of questions: I thought that if one snake ran into another, it would end the game but there were a couple of times where they just passed thru each other. Was this a bug? Also, there were a couple of times when either I or my opponent ran into the other, and it ended in a tie. Shouldn't that be a win for the other player?
Thanks! Both of those are bugs caused by latence issues. I tried my best to make the game playable, but they still sometimes occur. Most likely the person you were playing with had a slower connection or had a browser that didn't support web sockets.
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#26Nice job, spent a good 30 minutes playing this :) Brain virus. I encountered some bugs where there was a guy who couldn't lose. He just kept going straight and when he ran into me he didn't die. Maybe someone cheating by editing the JS? Also, I noticed some glitches where other players' snakes had a really high velocity. Or was that a power up that I didn't get? Tangent: Does anyone notice CRAZY GC pauses on Firefox,…
That's odd about the other snake having a higher speed than you. I've noticed that when I was testing a lot but I thought I patched all the bugs that caused it. I'll look into it thanks for pointing it out!
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#27Cool game but quite buggy. Sometimes a snake went through me, another time the opponent rammed into me and it was a draw. If we can have 3D shooters online without these problems, I would think a snake game would be possible too ;D
Anyway though, I do think it's well done, and open source too, so no real complaints.
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#28This is very nicely done, thanks for making it open-source - I'm learning node to work on a game idea I've had for a long time. Could someone explain the basic idea of server.js and some of the stuff in public? It's a little overwhelming.
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#29Magnificent. I was hypnotized by my 1# spot on the running score until I lost it. The meta competition is an addiction +1 powerup. My personal recommendation is some catchy techno tune as music. Heart pumping sort of music that gets you into the zone.
Great suggestion, I would snake to techno
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#30I thought this might be a multiplayer game of a single instance of Snake where the consensus move is executed in realtime from many players. Of course your version makes sense, but I think the latter would also be cool :)
Sort of like a ouija snake?