Cluck Invaders: a space shooter in one HTML file
Homing missiles, spread shots, boss waves and a fireblast special, built with nothing but the Canvas 2D API. You can play it right on this site.
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Cluck Invaders started as a prototype and stayed deliberately small: one HTML file, no framework, no build step, no game engine. Just a <canvas>, a render loop, and a lot of chickens.
What’s in it
- Waves that escalate, with a short breather between them
- Boss fights that break up the rhythm
- Homing missiles and a spread weapon as pickups
- a Fireblast special that charges up as you play
- score and lives, arcade style
Why vanilla Canvas
For a game this size, a framework would be more code than the game. The 2D context handles sprites and particles well, and keeping everything in a single file means it drops into any page, including this one.
It’s embedded on the project page, so you can play it without leaving the site.
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