spaceinvaders

A TypeScript/canvas clone of Space Invaders, the 1978 arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado.

How to play

You can either play online using your mouse or keyboard arrows:

• http://wilfredor.github.io/spaceinvaders

... or you can:

• Download the repo (zip), extract, and run index.html in Firefox or Chrome
• git clone https://github.com/wilfredor/spaceinvaders.git and run index.html

Local development

Requirements: Node 18+ and npm.

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the dev server on http://localhost:4000:

npm run develop

Build the production bundle to dist/:

npm run build

Deployment

• Commits pushed to master trigger the GitHub Actions workflow at .github/workflows/deploy.yml.
• The workflow builds the bundle and publishes the site to GitHub Pages at http://wilfredor.github.io/spaceinvaders.
• Ensure the repository Pages setting is set to deploy from GitHub Actions so the workflow can upload successfully.

Controls

• Move: Left/Right arrows or mouse
• Fire: Spacebar or left click
• Pause: P