makeyourgame-score

Space Invaders-style browser game with a small Go backend that serves the frontend and stores leaderboard scores in SQLite.

Features

• Classic Space Invaders gameplay with lives, levels, and score tracking.
• Leaderboard showing the top 10 scores.
• Keyboard and touch controls.
• Pause menu, restart, and game over screen.

Tech stack

• Go 1.22+ with net/http and sqlite3 (github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3).
• Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS frontend.
• SQLite database at database.db, schema in shema.sql.

Quick start

1. Install Go 1.22+ and a C compiler (required for sqlite3 CGO builds).
2. Run the server:

   go run .

3. Open http://localhost:8080/ in your browser.

Controls

• Left/Right Arrow: move the ship.
• Space: shoot.
• Esc: pause/resume.
• Touch: drag on the game board to move; tap to shoot.

API

• POST /score
  • Body: {"username":"player","score":123}
  • Stores the score in SQLite.
• GET /sendscores
  • Returns a JSON array of {username, score}.

Project structure

• main.go: Go web server, routes, and DB initialization.
• index.html, style.css, script.js: frontend entry points.
• modules/: game logic, UI, and leaderboard rendering.
• database.db: SQLite database file (auto-created/updated at startup).
• shema.sql: database schema for the users table.