Blast Off 2000

Play now: https://syntopia.github.io/BlastOff2000/

Simple vibe-coded arcade game with WebGL rendering, CRT/VHS post-processing, and arcade-inspired audio.

Features

• WebGL2 renderer with ship physics, thrust, rotation, and collision against terrain, rocks, landing pads, and chasing monsters.
• Fullscreen CRT/VHS post effects: scanlines, curvature, vignette, bloom, chromatic aberration, film grain, jitter, and color bleed.
• Directional Phong-like shading on monsters; rock material shader; animated water/ripple base shader.
• Touch and keyboard controls (thrust, rotate, fire, pause, reset). Responsive layout and splash/title overlays.
• Score with easing display, monster splits, particle explosions, exhaust particles, and enemy respawns.
• Audio: randomized BGM track on first thrust, explosion/fire/pop/thrust SFX.

Running locally

npx serve .

Open http://localhost:3000/ in a WebGL2-compatible browser.

Controls

• Rotate: A/D or Left/Right
• Thrust: W/Up
• Fire: Space (rapid)
• Pause: P
• Reset: R
• (Post FX always on)

Assets & Licenses

• Music: All tunes generated using Suno
• Sound Effects: All SFX generated using ElevenLabs Sound Effects
• Images: All pixel graphics generated using OpenAI image model
• Code: Vibe-coded using a mix of OpenAI Codex and Claude Code

All code and shaders are part of this project (MIT-style unless otherwise specified by repository owner).