Pong Wars (pong-wars.vercel.app)

This is more addicting than it should be.

Originally saw this on Mastodon [0]. There's a source link [1]. The author also pointed to the original tweet [2].

[0] https://mastodon.social/@vnglst@hachyderm.io/111828811708684...

[1] https://github.com/vnglst/pong-wars/blob/main/index.html

[2] https://twitter.com/nicolasdnl/status/1749715070928433161

Fantastically mesmerizing to watch. Islands occur more often than I expected and the day vs night counter at the bottom is a great touch. The color scheme is well done as well. Seemingly perfect for something like Wallpaper Engine (which supports web pages, if one wants to do this then grab the source and modify the canvas size as desired). Simple, elegant, well done.

Regarding the name Atari is very protective of the "Pong" trademark and many small projects (free does not exclude it) have ended up with a notice. It's best to just name it something original and generic from the start e.g. dawn duelers (or preferably something more clever :)).

Is the board state centralised or randomised and locally generated/stored?

I suppose it's a self balanced game and it's impossible for one side to win? If one side engulfs the other, the other side will now have an advantage.

Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159418