Star Catcher - Stardance

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@Federico_Tarallo on Star Catcher · 6 days ago

I made Star Catcher, a small arcade game built with HTML5 Canvas and vanilla JavaScript. In the game, you pilot a ship, catch falling stars in Classic Mode, and survive as long as possible in Survival Mode by avoiding meteorites. I focused on making it feel like a complete little space arcade experience: it includes local player accounts, per-account high scores and records, a dedicated pause button in addition to the keyboard shortcut, responsive desktop and mobile controls, and a layered audio setup with music and sound effects. The most challenging parts were keeping the game state, audio, and UI in sync across different screens, making the pause/resume flow work cleanly, and getting the mobile layout and controls to behave well without breaking the play area. I am especially proud of how polished the result feels for a single-file project: the game has a sci-fi visual style, smooth canvas rendering, separate game modes, and a lot of small details that make it feel more finished than a typical class project. To test it properly, people should open the HTML file in a browser, try both Classic and Survival Mode, check that the pause button and the P key both work, and if possible test it on mobile or with a narrow window to see the touch controls and responsive layout. It is also worth creating a local player account so the high scores and settings can be saved and verified across sessions.

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@Federico_Tarallo on Star Catcher · 6 days ago

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Good News! 😁
STAR CATCHER is now fully developed! ✅
It was very difficult to fix all the issues in the game but I finally did it. As you can see I recently added the Streak and Super Streak of the game. The Streak is something you get just by opening the game but for the Super Streak you have to complete all the missions.
HAVE FUN! 🎉🎉

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@Federico_Tarallo on Star Catcher · 23 days ago

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Added a Survival mode where you have to avoid the meteorites. That’s how it looks lilke while playing. About the v1.0, well I did add a lot of things as I expected but before releasing it proprerly on Git Hub I want to add and fix a few things before. Stay tuned for Updates!

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@Federico_Tarallo on Star Catcher · 24 days ago

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We’re always getting closer to the v1.0 but some issues are still a problem so I need more time for them. Today I fixed the account section. Remember: when you switch account all your records disappear

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@Federico_Tarallo on Star Catcher · 24 days ago

30m 23s logged

Hi everyone! I released the v0.9 of the game fixing just a few things. I’m working and getting closer and closer to the v1.0 but I think I have few things to do before. Here it is a pic of the menu button I recently added in v0.9

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@Federico_Tarallo on Star Catcher · 26 days ago

5h 19m 9s logged

Hi everyone! After a lot of time working at this game I finally dropped the v0.8 of the game. It is still not the v1.0 because there are still a lot of things to fix but the game is actually playable (like a demo). On computer is perfect and for mobile is playable but it is not super accurate.
Enjoy catching stars and beat my super record of 500 stars - and stay tuned for updates!