Boom Brigade

A 2D run-and-gun built on HTML5 Canvas with no dependencies and no server: the whole game is one index.html.

Play it now: https://boom-brigade.vercel.app

Features

• 9 deterministically generated missions across 3 biomes (jungle, desert, night city with dynamic lighting) and a final gunship boss.
• 10 heroes, unlocked by freeing hostages, each with a unique weapon and special ability: assault rifle, shotgun, plasma cannon, minigun, holy water sprinkler, flamethrower, sniper rifle, twin pistols, arc rifle, grenade launcher.
• Fully destructible terrain: dirt, stone, crates, explosive barrels, armored bunkers.
• Fully remappable controls (two keys per action), stored in the save file.
• File-based saves: download a JSON file, load it back with a button or drag and drop. A copy is also kept in the browser.
• On-screen touch buttons on mobile.
• Synthesized sound effects, no audio assets.

Controls (defaults)

Everything can be changed from the Controls menu.

Run locally

Open index.html in a browser, or serve the folder with any static file server.

Project layout

src/            game source, split in six parts (CSS, menus, world, gameplay, rendering, UI)
tools/build.js  assembles src/*.html into index.html (standalone) and artifact.html
tools/build-showreel.js  assembles showreel.html (the 30 s promo animation, rendered from the game's own drawing code)
showreel.html   live 30 s motion-graphics promo, plays in the browser
showreel.mp4    the same promo rendered to video (1920x1080, 30 fps, original synthesized music)

Rebuild after editing src/:

node tools/build.js

Credits

Original game, code, art and music. Made with Claude Code (Claude Fable 5.1).

License

MIT.