js_bumbleracing

Play it now: https://pemmyz.github.io/js_bumbleracing/

🐝🌼🐝 Bee Flower Bee (Co-op)

A retro-styled browser game inspired by arcade classics and the bee arcade minigame from GTA:SA.
Collect all the 🌼 flowers before the timer runs out, bounce off leaves 🌿, and avoid thorny 🌵 obstacles!

Built with HTML5, CSS3, and vanilla JavaScript — no external libraries required.

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🎮 Gameplay

🎮 Controls

• Player 1 (Keyboard)

  • ⬅️➡️ A / D → Move left/right
  • ⬆️ W or Space → Thrust upwards

• Player 2 (Keyboard — join anytime)

  • Press Arrow Up to join
  • ⬅️➡️ Arrow Left / Arrow Right → Move left/right
  • ⬆️ Arrow Up → Thrust upwards

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🎮 Gamepad (P1 & P2)

Gamepads are auto-assigned when you press any face button (A/B/X/Y on Xbox, ✕/○/□/△ on PlayStation).
First unclaimed pad becomes P1, the next becomes P2 (and P2 will auto-join if the game is running).

• Move left/right

  • Left Stick (X-axis)
  • or D-Pad Left / Right

• Thrust upwards

  • A (Xbox) / ✕ (PlayStation)
  • or Right Trigger (RT / R2)
  • or Left Stick Up (push above deadzone)

• Notes

  • Stick deadzone: ~0.2 (small movements are ignored)
  • If a gamepad disconnects, it’s unassigned automatically and the HUD will show P1: GP? / P2: GP?

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🧩 Joining / Switching

• Join with keyboard: Press Arrow Up to add Player 2 (keyboard).

• Join with gamepad: Press any face button on an unassigned controller to claim P1 or P2.

• Objectives

  • Collect all 🌼 flowers before time runs out
  • Avoid thorny 🌵 clusters
  • Bounce off 🌿 platforms to stay airborne

• Progression

  • Each level increases difficulty (more platforms, flowers, and thorns)
  • Extra life awarded every 3 levels
  • Score bonus for leftover time at the end of a level

• Co-op Mode

  • Drop-in/out 2-player cooperative play
  • Both players share the same pool of lives
  • Camera adjusts dynamically to keep both players visible

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🕹️ Features

• Retro CRT screen effect with scanlines and glow
• Pixel-perfect emoji-based graphics
• Dynamic cloud system with drifting ☁️ and ⚡ thunderclouds
• Physics: gravity, thrust, and bounce mechanics
• Randomized level generation for endless replayability
• HUD with two-player support:
  • Score (P1 + optional P2)
  • Level
  • Flowers left
  • Timer
  • Shared Lives (🐝 icons)
• Message & overlay screens:
  • Start / Game Over screen
  • Level transition messages
  • Help screen with instructions

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🛠️ Developer Mode

Enable Developer Mode for debugging:

• Toggle with J key
• Shows collision hitboxes
• Displays a DEV MODE indicator on HUD
• Extra dev hotkey:
  • N key → Skip to next level

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❓ Help & Controls Overlay

• In-game help screen (H key or external Help (H) button)
• Explains objectives, controls, dangers, lives, and hotkeys
• Player 2 can join anytime by pressing ⬆️ Arrow

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📸 Screenshots

(Add screenshots here once you have them!)

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💡 Future Ideas

• 🎵 Add retro sound effects & background music
• 🌩️ Thunder cloud hazards (lightning strikes?)
• 🌍 Online leaderboard for high scores
• 📱 Mobile touch controls
• 🐸 Secret "AMIGAAA!" frog mode

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📜 License

MIT License
Free to play, modify, and share.