LOOT SCOOT & BOOT Game

Description

A cargo ship has wrecked, leaving its valuable goods scattered across the sea. Pirates are on the loose, looting them. You’ve been deployed on an armed ship with one mission: recover the target cargos before the sun sets. The race is on against time and the pirates. Will you succeed?

Tech stack

Built with vanilla JavaScript, offering smooth and simple gameplay.

Design

The game is designed for an immersive experience, keeping distractions to a minimum so players can focus on the action.

Features

• Responsive Design: The game is fully responsive, providing a seamless experience across different devices and screen sizes.
• Minimal Distractions: The game focuses primarily on user interaction, reducing distracting elements like background images or sounds during gameplay.
• Personalized Welcome: The game greets the player using the last name entered. If no name is provided, a fun, random name is assigned to the player.
• High Score Tracking: The game tracks and displays the top 3 scores for each level, based on scores achieved on the same machine.
• Help Page: A help page is available, providing instructions on how to play the game.
• Multiple Difficulty Levels: Players can choose between 3 different difficulty levels, providing options for beginners, intermediate and experienced players.

How to run the project

Click on the link to open the game in the browser. (https://nehais.github.io/loot-scoot-n-boot/)

How to Play

• Level selection: After loading, choose a difficulty level. The name field will auto-fill with the last player's name, or default to 'Captain NoClue' if none was entered.
  
  
• Help: Click the Help button on the start screen for instructions and game backstory.
  
  
• Countdown: After clicking Start, a 3-second countdown helps you adjust to the UI before gameplay begins.
• Game Elements:
  • Timer: A 60-second timer begins once the game starts along with a shrinking sun icon to show time decreasing.
  • New Game: Restart the game at any time.
  • Progress Bar: Tracks collected cargo weight.
  • Missiles: Displays remaining missiles.
• Game Play:
  • Move the ship using arrow keys or on-screen buttons (mobile).
    
    
  • Cargos with weight indication will sway by which needs to be collected.
  • Aavoid pirates. Use the spacebar or mobile buttons to shoot pirates.
    • Pirate collisions cause cargo loss.
    • Shooting pirates rewards you with a large cargo.
  • Avoid islands (available in harder levels); colliding with them immobilizes the ship for 5 seconds.
  • Half way through the collection, your ship will slow down.
• Winning: Collect all target cargo within 60 seconds to win. The ship docks, and a victory message appears.
  
  

Mobile Version

• Fully responsive with on-screen controls for movement and shooting.