OrbitWar.space

Change Log

18 May 2023

• Improved StarField display.
• Gamepad A button can now be used to enter the playfield.

9 May 2023

• Converted site to Installable PWA.
• Fixed weird bug that sometimes causes starfield to disappear and sprites to flash.

11 March 2023

• Added game controllers as an input device.
• Increased the max humans per playfield to 100.
• Now there's always at least 100 players on each playfield, regardless of how many human players there are.

03 October 2022

• Replaced Earth map with stars.
• Increased Playfield size to 10x10 Sectors.

15 March 2021

• Added a ton of teambots and got rid of most of the regular bots.
• Now restricting number of bots according to how many humans are on the playfield.

03 June 2020

• Switched all Tony Manso references to Oddbeaker.

• Bots now start to die off when there's at least 3 humans on the playfield.

10 December 2018

• Rearranged the main dialog to be more user-friendly.
• Moved ad off of main dialog.
• Fixed a bug that caused ads to serve up while player is playing.

31 October 2018

• Now using more reliable method for storing player settings.

29 October 2018

• Fixed a bug where humans using TeamBot's Team Code can track bot locations.
• Fixed bug where cloacked ship was showing smoke trails.
• Tweaked the number of bots allowed according to how many humans are playing.
• Removed references to SpaceBlaster.
• Fixed a bug in leaderboard that was caused by removing the Sector column.

13 October 2018

• Put 10 of the Bots into a Team. They are ruthless, too! And no you can't join their team.
• Players and Team Bots now join playfield at location of highest scoring team member.
• Removed Sector from high scores.
• Added Bomb button for mobile display.
• Fixed some security issues.

18 September 2018

• Added smoke trails to ships and HomingPhoton!
• Disable sounds when browser loses focus.
• New weapon: MegaShield. It's awesome!

16 September 2018

• Increased the max number of bots to 40 when there's less than 3 players connected.

14 September 2018

• Video ads now only show up when you first play and after you have been lurking for a while but not playing.

10 September 2018

• Fixed a bug where cloaking device ignored team code if team codes did not match case.
• Fixed the sounds that broke when I reduced the number of frames per second sent by the server.

07 January 2018

• Improved look of shield as it grows.
• Different ships are now at different speeds. Small ships turn faster but move slower than big ships.
• Dumbed down the bots a bit so they are not so ruthless.
• Improved visibility of player names and mobile controls.
• New, improved "Achievement" graphic for sharing on social media.

22 December 2017

• Video ad timer now starts after the first time player enters the playfield.
• Fixed typo in last achievement message.

17 December 2017

• Fixed bug where team codes were case sensitive.
• Fixed bug where HomingPhoton was chasing team players even though not hurting them.

10 December 2017

• Finally got Achievement sharing working!
• Fixed an alignment bug in video ads on mobile.

08 December 2017

• Changed all references to SpaceBlaster.
• New temporary achievement image until I can get an artist to make me one.
• Added shadows to high score text for better visibility over snowy areas.
• Updated google analytics code.

07 December 2017

• Initial release. Still needs graphics for splash screen and achievements.