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A mobile-first multiplayer race game built for a friend's Halloween costume about a maniacal Clippy. Real-time gameplay via WebSockets.

Node.jsWebSocketsJavaScript

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clippy-game screenshot 1

about this project

A silly, delightful one-off game built to support a friend's Halloween costume: a maniacal version of Microsoft's Clippy who has escaped the Office suite and is terrorizing the internet.

Players connect via their phones and race to "save Clippy" in real-time, with game state synchronized via WebSockets. The mobile-first design means the entire experience is optimized for frantic thumb-tapping on a phone screen at a Halloween party.

What makes this interesting: it's a reminder that not every project needs to be serious. Sometimes the best code is the code you write to make your friends laugh at a party. Also demonstrates rapid prototyping — built for a specific event and deployed to a custom domain (saveclippy.online).

Language
JavaScript
Year
2022