Key Hunt
FOE Hacking Key Hunt: the biggest key hunt in the world. Many have entered, many have tried. An online multiplayer game, playable now.
About
Open the site and you drop straight into a shared, top-down arena. Move your character across a map of grass, sand, ice, water and conveyor belts with the arrow keys or WASD, and grab the keys scattered around to score.
Press space to swing at rivals nearby: a hit knocks them back and scatters most of their keys onto the ground for the taking. Fall in the water and you respawn empty-handed.
Features
Gamehoster
The realtime game server runs on Gamehoster, at game.keyhunt.com.
Tile-based world
A map of grass, sand, ice, water and conveyor belts, and a fall in the water costs you every key you hold.
No sign-up
Arrive, pick up keys, and hold on to them.
Swing to steal
Hit a rival and most of their keys scatter onto the ground for anyone to grab.
Leaderboard
Everyone in the arena ranked by the keys they hold, in the corner of the screen.
Keyboard controls
The arrow keys or WASD to move, and space to swing.
Screenshots
The arena
A top-down world of grass, sand, stone walls and water, with keys scattered about and the leaderboard in the corner. Play Key Hunt ↗
Ice and conveyors
Ice and conveyor belts by the water's edge, where a fall costs you every key you hold. Play Key Hunt ↗
Swing
Space swings at anyone nearby, knocking them back and scattering their keys for the taking. Play Key Hunt ↗
Technologies
- JavaScript - Pure JavaScript game engine
- Node.js - Multiplayer backend
Credits
- Reginald Adjetey - Contributor; original server and frontend code
- Bebo Norman - Pixel art
- Yuri Nicolaiko - Cover art
Articles
- Key Hunt - How the game is built on Gamehoster: the tile world, swings and keys, the bots and the protocol
- Gamehoster - How the game engine and server behind it work
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