An HTML endless runner under 900 lines without frameworks or libraries

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My wife and I recently submitted to a mobile game jam on Newgrounds (yes, it's still around). What started as a question of whether we could do it somehow morphed into whether we could do without so many of the seemingly needless complications rampant in our respective industries. My wife thus did all the art as traditional frame-by-frame animation (no puppets or tweening) and I preceded without a game engine. I did use a pre-processor that gives JS a Lisp syntax (Parenscript), because C-syntax is gross. We hope the end result, while definitely of small scope, will serve to inspire some thought as to what is and isn't needed in your next project.

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Indie HackersFits the IH revenue-focused audience · Strong signals: started, wife · Missing: supports, reddit linkedin, podcasting

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Product HuntUnlikely to reach the leaderboard · Strong signals: new · Missing: mac, agents, macos

50%50% predicted probability of success on Product Hunt, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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36%36% predicted probability of success on AppSumo, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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1%1% predicted probability of success on BetaList, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

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