Steel Abyss – A Fast-Paced Arcade Underwater Shooter | phaser | Page 1

proud violet Jan 31, 2025, 9:09 PM

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Hey everyone! 🎮🌊 I've been working on Steel Abyss, a high-speed underwater shooter inspired by Dive & Destroy (nostalgia hit hard!). You pilot a small yellow sub, dodging enemy fire, torpedoes, and mines while taking on pirate subs, gunboats, and other deep-sea threats.

🌊 Fast-paced combat with torpedoes, rockets, and bombs
🛠 Enemy variety including a hijacked version of the player sub, patched together with scrap metal and adorned with a whale skull
🔥 (tbd) Power-ups like a spread torpedo attack and a temporary shield
⚙️ Scaling difficulty with more enemies, faster spawns, and tougher foes as the game progresses
🏆 Planning to add high scores and achievements via Firebase

Right now, I'm tweaking enemy health (thinking about damage indicators) and finalizing power-ups. Also considering a UI-based level indicator instead of an in-game buoy.

Would love feedback! What do you guys think of the mechanics, or any ideas for fun enemy designs?

link----------->https://steelabyss.netlify.app/
GAMEPLAY---->https://youtu.be/vq3E4N8erkM?si=jkAChglxGcmVHr3n

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SteelAbyssGameplay

I've been working on Steel Abyss, a high-speed underwater shooter inspired by Dive & Destroy (nostalgia hit hard!). You pilot a small yellow sub, dodging enemy fire, torpedoes, and mines while taking on pirate subs, gunboats, and other deep-sea threats.

🌊 Fast-paced combat with torpedoes, rockets, and bombs
🛠 Enemy variety including a hijacked ...

▶ Play video

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Here's a quick look at Steel Abyss in action! Still tweaking enemy health and power-ups, but it's coming together. Thoughts?

proud violet Feb 3, 2025, 6:31 AM

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Humble beginnings

proud violet Feb 17, 2025, 5:03 PM

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Small update on progress:

added powerups spawning
fixed movement
reworked some of the graphics

proud violet Feb 19, 2025, 4:47 PM

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new enemies

proud violet Feb 19, 2025, 8:47 PM

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Bugged physics! Could be fun mode in the final game tho. Mine volleyball... Like a hot potato

proud violet Feb 21, 2025, 10:54 PM

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Working on improved perofrmance...

proud violet Feb 22, 2025, 8:28 AM

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To keep performance in check I have added spawn thresholds. Now spawn is based on spawn table.

proud violet Feb 22, 2025, 11:10 PM

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you see that one and "Fortunate Son" pops in mind...

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ZOOM ZOOOM

proud violet Feb 23, 2025, 9:05 PM

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proud violet Feb 24, 2025, 4:05 PM

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First release!

proud violet Feb 25, 2025, 9:15 PM

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1.1 is live now with torpedo incoming incitators

proud violet Mar 2, 2025, 5:55 PM

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So i am moving form singular sprites to spritesheet for optimization... And It`s funnier than i thought!

proud violet Mar 4, 2025, 8:32 PM

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boom boom boom... KABOOM!

proud violet Mar 7, 2025, 10:07 AM

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RC 1.2 will be soon available. Last tweaks but another dose of 'life improvement' changes

proud violet Mar 16, 2025, 8:42 AM

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RC 1.3. Moved physics to unified physics manager

proud violet Mar 16, 2025, 2:05 PM

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new weapon test

proud violet Mar 16, 2025, 2:54 PM

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'Oh boy here i go killin` again!'

proud violet Mar 16, 2025, 9:09 PM

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added leveling up

proud violet Mar 17, 2025, 10:22 AM

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https://deploy-preview-71--steelabyss.netlify.app/
Damage System Updates:
src/game/config/Damage.js: Introduced a new damage configuration file to centralize damage values for various weapon types.
src/game/entities/AnvilBomb.js: Added the AnvilBomb class, which includes specific damage and behavior for the anvil bomb.
src/game/entities/Bomb.js: Updated the Bomb class to use the new damage configuration and set tint colors based on weapon type.
Animation Enhancements:
src/game/AnimationManager.js: Added the AnimationManager class to manage and register new animations, including bigExplosion, smallExplosion, and squidSwim.
public/assets/sprites/spritesheet.json: Added new sprite frames for anvil, ducky, and multiple squid animations.
Entity and Weapon Updates:
src/game/entities/EnemySub.js, src/game/entities/EnemySuperSub.js, src/game/entities/EnemyTug.js, src/game/entities/FloaterMine.js: Updated enemy classes to use the new damage configuration and weapon types, ensuring consistent damage handling across different entities.
src/game/PhysicsManager.js: Modified the damage handling for torpedoes, bombs, and rockets to use the damage values from the respective projectiles.
Code Cleanup:
src/game/FirebaseConfig.js: Commented out the debug console.log statement for the Firebase configuration.
src/game/entities/EnemyMine.js: Updated the destroy method to optionally trigger an explosion.

proud violet Mar 18, 2025, 8:15 PM

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https://deploy-preview-75--steelabyss.netlify.app/

This pull request includes several changes to clean up the codebase by removing unnecessary imports, standardizing the way enemy types are referenced, and improving code readability. The most important changes include updating enemy type references, removing unused imports, and cleaning up the code formatting.

Standardizing Enemy Type References:
src/game/ObjectiveManager.js: Updated the enemy type reference in handleEnemyDestroyed to use enemy.type and added a fallback to 'Unknown' if the type is not available.
src/game/entities/EnemyMine.js: Added a type property to the EnemyMine class and cleaned up the code formatting.
src/game/entities/EnemyMinelayer.js: Added a type property to the EnemyMinelayer class and cleaned up the code formatting. [1] [2] [3] [4]
src/game/entities/EnemySub.js: Added a type property to the EnemySub class. [1] [2]
src/game/entities/EnemySuperSub.js: Added a type property to the EnemySuperSub class. [1] [2]
src/game/entities/EnemyTug.js: Added a type property to the EnemyTug class. [1] [2]

Updating Game Scene:
src/game/scenes/Game.js: Added EnemyTypes import and updated objective types to use EnemyTypes constants. [1] [2]

proud violet Mar 20, 2025, 9:24 PM

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Another small update... This time added stages.