Pixel Odyssey

Pixel Odyssey is a 2D sidescroller MMORPG made entirely for the web. No installs, no downloads. Just jump in and explore.

Built from the ground up with a custom game engine in Node.js, Redis, Supabase, Socket.IO, and PixiJS, this game is an ongoing solo dev project by a lifelong coder who grew up dreaming of making games.

Current Features:

• Hosted in-browser for instant access
• Accounts and character creation
• Multiplayer movement and real-time player syncing
  • Encoded web socket payloads
  • High frequency communication of the game state delta
  • Low frequency full game state sync
  • Network packet updates for lower frequency updates
    • Player balances
    • Player inventory
• Basic collision and physics
  
• Map portals and multi-map switching
  
• A GUI 
  • Player experience bar
  • Player details
  • Minimap
  • Inventory
  • Toolbar
  • Menus
• Basic mob spawning and movement
• Basic combat system:
• Mob damage to the player on contact
• Player attack and damage to mobs
• Mobs die and grant experience
• Mobs drop currency and items that can be picked up
• NPCs and NPC dialog
• Shops

Vision:
Pixel Odyssey aims to capture the classic 2D MMO feel with a modern take on graphics and systems.

Pixel Odyssey is currently in a pre-Alpha prototype, but it expanding every day. Your feedback is incredibly helpful and can truly help steer the vision and roadmap.

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