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This afternoon hack project I threw…",{"value":58,"source":51,"evidence":59},"Built in an afternoon, about a day of work",[60],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},[62,66],{"value":63,"source":51,"evidence":64},"Firebase",[65],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"value":67,"source":51,"evidence":68},"JavaScript (HTML5 Asteroids base game)",[69],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":74,"objections":98,"requests":143,"questions":170,"alternatives":185},[75,90],{"value":76,"source":51,"evidence":77},"Fun to play and a good laugh",[78,82,86],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"3819690","rdl","Wow, this is amusing. Seems like there are a lot of cool things you could do with Firebase.",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"3820083","facorreia","It's fun. Congratulations!",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"3819950","mbrubeck","It also seems that spawning happens only in the top left section of the canvas, which makes that area especially crowded. It's a bit too easy to get killed right after spawning;…",{"value":91,"source":51,"evidence":92},"Firebase shows promise for apps like this",[93,97],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"3820145","felixchan","Awesome! I've been using Firebase for a while now and this further proves that it has so much potential! Every day I see more and more apps being built on it.",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},[99,110,125,136],{"value":100,"source":51,"evidence":101},"Too many players on one screen makes it frustrating",[102,106],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"3819824","hornbaker","Very cool. Quick feedback: there are too many players on one screen. Getting immediately run into and killed repeatedly by random players careening around isn't a great user…",{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"3819886","trafficone","I'll agree it's multiplayer, but considering gameplay goes from \"fun and challenging\" to \"frustrating\" at around 10-15 players, I doubt its massive-ness. However, if the map…",{"value":111,"source":51,"evidence":112},"Cheating and hacks easy, scoreboard and god mode exploited",[113,117,121],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"3820119","forza","God mode: \"Game.ship.collision = function() {}\" Also \"Game.lives = 1000;\" and \"Game.score = 1000; updateScore();\" etc.",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"3819860","molsongolden","The scoreboard has been hacked already!!!! Also, I'm not sure if I was regrouped with players who weren't signed in but after logging in with Twitter I no longer saw any other…",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"3824775","saurik","You don't need the debug console, though: the database seems to simply be a shared scratch space, so anyone can just manipulate anyone else's state using the JavaScript API.",{"value":126,"source":51,"evidence":127},"Does not fit smaller or common screen resolutions",[128,132],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"3820437","milkmiruku","Please can you make it scale to for a 1024*768 resolution? Thanks. I found it great fun dog fighting with another when it's a bit quieter. Annoyances were someone hacking the…",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"3821086","h2s","``` > Please can you make it scale to for a 1024*768 resolution? ``` Mmmm. Doesn't fit in my 1280x800 screen's viewport either, which is a very common size.",{"value":137,"source":51,"evidence":138},"Too much inertia, hard to control ship",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"3822067","sodafountan","I would definitely lower the inertia, it's not very enjoyable when there's such little control over what your doing also there's a bit of lag but that's to be expected with the…",[144,155,162,166],{"value":145,"source":51,"evidence":146},"Play with friends or start a game together",[147,151],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"3821767","colomon","This is very cool! What would push it over the top for me would be the ability to start a game of it with my friends...",{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"3819749","joncalhoun","Is there anyway to make sure you start with specific people? Awesome job on the game :)",{"value":156,"source":51,"evidence":157},"Co-op mode against asteroids",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"3820374","MartinCron","The current mode is impressive, although may I suggest a co-op mode where you don't shoot other players but rather actual asteroids? 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