“They are on a quest to save the world. You… are heading back to town to get them more potions.”
A game made for JS13KGames 2019 by Dietrich Epp (Twitter: @DietrichEpp). The goal was to create a game which runs in the browser and is no larger than 13 KiB compressed. And I did it!
JS13K 2019 is over and this repository is now read-only.
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JS13K Entry Page — you can play the game from here in your browser.
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Final build InternApocalypse_JS13K.zip, from the v1.0 release page. You can download, extract, and play the game in your browser.
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Soundtrack
You want to defeat the demon overlord, but you’re just an intern! Go back to town and fetch us some potions.
Controls:
- WASD or arrow keys to move
- Space or control to attack or interact with NPCs
- Click on the menu items
Note that there is a loading screen. In my experience, this completes within about 10 seconds. Most of this time is spent generating the soundtrack.
The game has been testend to work on the following browsers:
- Safari, version 12.1.1
- Firefox, version 69
- Google Chrome, version 76
The game is written in TypeScript and uses WebGL for graphics.
Some facts, in no particular order:
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There was a screen that said “The End” for when you beat the game, but it was integrated into the game because it pushed the file size slightly over the limit. Eventually you will just run out of things to do in the game.
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The houses do not have hitboxes. The NPC in town will wander into them.
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Assets are bundled into a
<script>tag at the bottom of the HTML file. The audio data is loaded in a web worker. -
The final change to make the game fit 13 KiB was to switch
<html lang="en">to<html>, which causes the tag to be removed entirely by the minifier.
To build the project,
yarn install
yarn run buildThis will create two files:
build/index.html: The game, in a self-contained HTML file.build/InternApocalypse_JS13K.zip: The game, packaged for submission to JS13K.
--config=release: Build a non-minified version of the game,build/InternApocalypse_JS13K.zip.yarn run build watch: Rebuild continuously as sources change.yarn run build serve: Seve the game from a local development server, rebuilding the game as the sources change. This will also stream data files to the game as they change, so the results can be seen without reloading the game.
To check the source code for TypeScript type errors,
yarn run check-game
yarn run check-toolsAudio scripts are stored in the audio directory. You can compile and play them from the command line. For example:
yarn run audio audio/clang.lisp --play--disassemble: Show the disassembled audio program.--output=<file>: Write audio to an output WAVE file.--play: Play the resulting audio.--loop: Play the audio repeatedly, reloading as the input changes.
The models are stored in the model directory. To convert a model to compact format,
yarn run model model/sword.txtInternship at the Apocalypse is released under the terms of the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.