🚀 Asteroids — Canvas Arcade

A modern remake of the classic Asteroids arcade game built using
Vanilla JavaScript + HTML5 Canvas — no frameworks, no build tools.

This project focuses on clean game architecture, physics, collision detection, and classic arcade gameplay mechanics, all running directly in the browser.

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🎮 Features

• Ship rotation, thrust, hyperspace & shooting
• Toroidal (wrap-around) world with accurate collision detection
• Asteroids that split into smaller, faster pieces
• UFO enemies with adaptive AI and return fire
• Particle effects (explosions & thrusters)
• Multiple lives, progressive levels, and difficulty scaling
• Persistent high score using localStorage
• Keyboard + pointer (mouse/touch) support
• Fully playable by opening a single HTML file

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🕹 Controls

• ← / → or A / D — Rotate ship
• ↑ or W — Thrust
• Space — Fire
• Shift — Hyperspace jump
• P — Pause / Resume
• Enter — Start / Restart

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🛠 Tech Stack

• HTML5 Canvas
• Vanilla JavaScript (ES6)
• Tailwind CSS (CDN, UI only)

No frameworks. No build process. Just clean browser-native code.

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Author

Smarty Saini

🌐 Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/smarty-saini
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smartysaini/
• Medium: https://medium.com/@contact_26633
• Gumroad: https://smartysaini.gumroad.com/
• TryHackMe: https://tryhackme.com/p/SmaRTySaini

▶️ Run Locally

Simply open index.html in any modern browser.

git clone https://github.com/smarty-saini/asteroids-canvas.git
cd asteroids-canvas
open index.html