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Show HN: I built a multiplayer game where you're an aerial fighter cat

https://catcopter.com
22•pawelwentpawel•2h ago
Hi everyone!

I had the idea for catcopter on my mind for a long time (got the domain ~13 years ago). It's a web multiplayer game where you can fly a dangerous cat and engage in competition with other players and critters (pterodactyls, chickens and angry penguins). I made it initially for me and my friends but it was quite fun so I thought I'll share it here too.

The game is intentionally dorky and it was fun to develop. The tools I used were mostly Opus 5.5 (objects / rigging / motion), Tripo3d for some elements I struggled with and Fable for optimisation (cpu / networking). Backend physics are done with Rapier. Luckily I had a lot of elements / game dynamics done before from another project of mine (https://flat.social) so the actual iteration here took me around a week.

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luxpsycho•1h ago
Owning a domain for 13 years before actually doing the project is the most relatable thing.
mtford•1h ago
Immediately eaten by a Pterodactyl... lol
alator21•45m ago
pretty fun
cfontes•27m ago
Loved it
pawelwentpawel•21m ago
Thank you! :)
BatmansMom•11m ago
yeah i like it
jnellis•10m ago
Doesn't seem to work in firefox. Probably my old pc. CPU pegged on chrome version.
pawelwentpawel•3m ago
Firefox is my nemesis, will test thanks for letting me know!

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