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Show HN: Friendly Fire – Open-source, Metroidvania-style game in the browser

71 points by headcr4sh 6y ago

headcr4sh 6y ago
Welcome to a magical world full of mystery and wonder. Dive in and explore the world of “Friendly Fire” and meet all its inhabitants in a quest to save the world from an unknown destiny. What dark secrets does this twisted world hold? “Friendly Fire” is a 2d platform adventure game with handcrafted pixel art, an original soundtrack and lots of love put into the creation of the characters and dialogues. The game is DRM free, contains no tracker cookies or other evil stuff and should even be fun to play. Even the sources of the game are available and can be found on Github (https://github.com/friendlyfiregame/friendlyfiregame/ https://github.com/friendlyfiregame/friendlyfiregame/).
forgotmypw17 6y ago
Very nice! I enjoyed playing it so far, and plan to return for more.
jamestenglish 6y ago
Appears like it may be experiencing the hug of death. https://play.friendyfire.com/ https://play.friendyfire.com/ is returning 404
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- mattl 6y ago
  I can't even get the server to respond.
  - rewq4321 6y ago
    Same :[
- bartread 6y ago
  I'm not getting a 404, but rather a DNS error now.
  - headcr4sh 6y ago
    Yeah... my bad. Should now be working as expected...
- headcr4sh 6y ago
  I misconfigured stuff. It should now work as supposed to.
tootie 6y ago
This post is 2 hours old and I downloaded and played through the whole thing. It's really cute and fun. Not very challenging, but I actually like games that aren't a huge time suck.
nyanpasu64 6y ago
Are you supposed to be able to throw an item, enter a door, and pick the item back up during fadeout?
- headcr4sh 6y ago
  it's a glitch. But we decided that it's a glitch that should make for an alternative way to play ... and even an alternative ending.... talk to the dog in the bird's nest up to the left...
Pfhreak 6y ago
Is that an enby (or rather, en-bee) I see in the trailer?
dealpete 6y ago
I couldn't get it to work properly in Lynx.
- headcr4sh 6y ago
  I see your point... ... but...
umvi 6y ago
Looks like you can support the creator by buying in on Steam (edit: looks like it's free on steam as well): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1311660/Friendly_Fire/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1311660/Friendly_Fire/ I'm contemplating doing a similar thing, I wonder how viable it is (100% open source game that can optionally be purchased on Steam/Itch)
- Cyphase 6y ago
  An example of that model is Mindustry: https://mindustrygame.github.io/ https://mindustrygame.github.io/ (Open source) https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry (Pay-what-you-want, recommends $6.00) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/ ($5.99, with various Steam integrations; it has over 4,900 _reviews_ by people who _purchased it on Steam_, which indicates a lot more purchases. See also this: https://mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/faq/#why-are-you-charging-for-the-game-on-steam-and-ios-when-it-is-available-for-free https://mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/faq/#why-are-you-chargi...)
Cyphase 6y ago
I haven't been able to run in the game. I've tried the Run button and double-tapping, both suggested by our friend in the shadows, but nothing is working. Anyone else experiencing this? I'm on Firefox 80 on Linux. EDIT: (TLDR: Try using Shift to run.) Doh, I should have thought of this earlier when the in-game UI said to use E to interact, even though the control menu said to use Shift. Shift is what lets me run. So either a weird bug, or just a simple mistake in the control menu. That still doesn't explain why shadow person says to double-tap the direction keys if you go back and ask again. Probably left over from a previous iteration.
- gus_massa 6y ago
  [spoiler alert?] You must press the shift button an then the arrow to the left or right. I got confused too, the drawing is not very clear. It is in the help, so I think it is fair to tell that.
  - Cyphase 6y ago
    For me, the help says that Shift is to Interact, and E/Enter are for Run. When I walk by an interact-able entity, an E button floats above it.
Cyphase 6y ago
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a spoiler, but it's possible to throw an item, activate a door, then catch the item before you go through.
- protopete 6y ago
  Likely a bug. I carried the skull item and got this error when trying to dance: Uncaught Error: Frame tag not found: dance-carry getTaggedFrameIndex Aseprite.ts:140 update Player.ts:859 update GameScene.ts:424 update Scenes.ts:130 update Scenes.ts:128 update Game.ts:107 gameLoop Game.ts:86 Aseprite.ts:140:18 getTaggedFrameIndex Aseprite.ts:140 update Player.ts:859 update GameScene.ts:424 update Scenes.ts:130 forEach self-hosted:216 update Scenes.ts:128 update Game.ts:107 gameLoop Game.ts:86 gameLoop self-hosted:1171
- hnick 6y ago
  It's intended. Talk to the hand about the bone.
sebastos 6y ago
Seems like I can jump while running to the left, but not the right. Couldn't make it across the first bridge!
hnick 6y ago
I think I got soft locked by going to the tree before talking to the fire. The only way back is the door and there is no bouncy mushroom on that side. Also taking the bone to the cloud doggy doesn't seem to do anything even after his brother told me to. Fun game though I'm not sure if I am missing some endings.
- umvi 6y ago
  I jumped across the river to the other side (if you press jump when your foot is like a pixel above the water you can jump) and then dude in the cave ended the game with the "soft locked" ending.
ioseph 6y ago
Nice game! Looking at the source it appears as though you wrote the engine from scratch, this is super impressive!
butz 6y ago
Actually tried using controller to play this game in browser. Please add using direction pad for controlling character, as it is a bit more convenient for 2D games than using analog stick. Pause menu somehow ended up on left analog "click", not back. Using Xbox 360 controller on Firefox. Fullscreen mode would be nice addition too.

71 points by headcr4sh 6y ago

Welcome to a magical world full of mystery and wonder. Dive in and explore the world of “Friendly Fire” and meet all its inhabitants in a quest to save the world from an unknown destiny. What dark secrets does this twisted world hold? “Friendly Fire” is a 2d platform adventure game with handcrafted pixel art, an original soundtrack and lots of love put into the creation of the characters and dialogues. The game is DRM free, contains no tracker cookies or other evil stuff and should even be fun to play. Even the sources of the game are available and can be found on Github (https://github.com/friendlyfiregame/friendlyfiregame/ https://github.com/friendlyfiregame/friendlyfiregame/).

forgotmypw17 6y ago

Very nice! I enjoyed playing it so far, and plan to return for more.

jamestenglish 6y ago

Appears like it may be experiencing the hug of death. https://play.friendyfire.com/ https://play.friendyfire.com/ is returning 404

deleted 6y ago
[deleted]
mattl 6y ago
I can't even get the server to respond.
- rewq4321 6y ago
  Same :[
bartread 6y ago
I'm not getting a 404, but rather a DNS error now.
- headcr4sh 6y ago
  Yeah... my bad. Should now be working as expected...
headcr4sh 6y ago
I misconfigured stuff. It should now work as supposed to.

tootie 6y ago

This post is 2 hours old and I downloaded and played through the whole thing. It's really cute and fun. Not very challenging, but I actually like games that aren't a huge time suck.

nyanpasu64 6y ago

Are you supposed to be able to throw an item, enter a door, and pick the item back up during fadeout?

headcr4sh 6y ago
it's a glitch. But we decided that it's a glitch that should make for an alternative way to play ... and even an alternative ending.... talk to the dog in the bird's nest up to the left...

Pfhreak 6y ago

Is that an enby (or rather, en-bee) I see in the trailer?

dealpete 6y ago

I couldn't get it to work properly in Lynx.

headcr4sh 6y ago
I see your point... ... but...

umvi 6y ago

Looks like you can support the creator by buying in on Steam (edit: looks like it's free on steam as well): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1311660/Friendly_Fire/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1311660/Friendly_Fire/ I'm contemplating doing a similar thing, I wonder how viable it is (100% open source game that can optionally be purchased on Steam/Itch)

Cyphase 6y ago
An example of that model is Mindustry: https://mindustrygame.github.io/ https://mindustrygame.github.io/ (Open source) https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry (Pay-what-you-want, recommends $6.00) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/ ($5.99, with various Steam integrations; it has over 4,900 _reviews_ by people who _purchased it on Steam_, which indicates a lot more purchases. See also this: https://mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/faq/#why-are-you-charging-for-the-game-on-steam-and-ios-when-it-is-available-for-free https://mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/faq/#why-are-you-chargi...)

Cyphase 6y ago

I haven't been able to run in the game. I've tried the Run button and double-tapping, both suggested by our friend in the shadows, but nothing is working. Anyone else experiencing this? I'm on Firefox 80 on Linux. EDIT: (TLDR: Try using Shift to run.) Doh, I should have thought of this earlier when the in-game UI said to use E to interact, even though the control menu said to use Shift. Shift is what lets me run. So either a weird bug, or just a simple mistake in the control menu. That still doesn't explain why shadow person says to double-tap the direction keys if you go back and ask again. Probably left over from a previous iteration.

gus_massa 6y ago
[spoiler alert?] You must press the shift button an then the arrow to the left or right. I got confused too, the drawing is not very clear. It is in the help, so I think it is fair to tell that.
- Cyphase 6y ago
  For me, the help says that Shift is to Interact, and E/Enter are for Run. When I walk by an interact-able entity, an E button floats above it.

Cyphase 6y ago

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a spoiler, but it's possible to throw an item, activate a door, then catch the item before you go through.

protopete 6y ago
Likely a bug. I carried the skull item and got this error when trying to dance: Uncaught Error: Frame tag not found: dance-carry getTaggedFrameIndex Aseprite.ts:140 update Player.ts:859 update GameScene.ts:424 update Scenes.ts:130 update Scenes.ts:128 update Game.ts:107 gameLoop Game.ts:86 Aseprite.ts:140:18 getTaggedFrameIndex Aseprite.ts:140 update Player.ts:859 update GameScene.ts:424 update Scenes.ts:130 forEach self-hosted:216 update Scenes.ts:128 update Game.ts:107 gameLoop Game.ts:86 gameLoop self-hosted:1171
hnick 6y ago
It's intended. Talk to the hand about the bone.

sebastos 6y ago

Seems like I can jump while running to the left, but not the right. Couldn't make it across the first bridge!

hnick 6y ago

I think I got soft locked by going to the tree before talking to the fire. The only way back is the door and there is no bouncy mushroom on that side. Also taking the bone to the cloud doggy doesn't seem to do anything even after his brother told me to. Fun game though I'm not sure if I am missing some endings.

umvi 6y ago
I jumped across the river to the other side (if you press jump when your foot is like a pixel above the water you can jump) and then dude in the cave ended the game with the "soft locked" ending.

ioseph 6y ago

Nice game! Looking at the source it appears as though you wrote the engine from scratch, this is super impressive!

butz 6y ago

Actually tried using controller to play this game in browser. Please add using direction pad for controlling character, as it is a bit more convenient for 2D games than using analog stick. Pause menu somehow ended up on left analog "click", not back. Using Xbox 360 controller on Firefox. Fullscreen mode would be nice addition too.