A retro space shooter inspired by the classic "Lunatic Fringe" Mac screensaver game.
Maniac Fringe is a space shooter where you pilot a ship through an infinite wrap-around battlefield. Collect power-ups and survive against increasingly challenging enemy waves.
It is heavily inspired by a very old screensaver game for Mac called "Lunatic Fringe". This interpretation was originally written using Phaser2 in the early 2010s but not quite finished. It was recently found in an old backup, and refactored with modern ES6+, modular architecture, and Phaser3 features.
- Arrow Keys / WASD: Navigate and rotate
- UP/W: Thrust forward
- DOWN/S: Thrust backward
- LEFT/A: Rotate left
- RIGHT/D: Rotate right
- SPACE: Fire weapons
- ESC: Pause game / Return to menu
- Destroy enemy ships for points
- Survive as long as possible
- Return to your base for repairs when damaged
- Collect power-ups to gain temporary advantages
- Progress through increasingly difficult levels
Play in your browser: https://zarnivoop.github.io/maniac-fringe/
- Bun (recommended) or Node.js
- Modern web browser
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/zarnivoop/maniac-fringe.git
cd maniac-fringe
# Install dependencies
bun install
# Start development server
bun run dev# Create optimized build
bun run build
# Preview production build locally
bun run previewmaniac-fringe/
├── src/
│ ├── game/ # Core game logic
│ │ ├── scenes/ # Phaser scenes (Boot, MainMenu, Game, etc.)
│ │ ├── enemies/ # Enemy classes and behaviors
│ │ ├── systems/ # Game systems (Combat, Player, UI, etc.)
│ │ └── Utils.js # Utility functions
│ ├── ui/ # UI components (gauges, buttons, etc.)
│ └── main.js # Phaser game configuration
├── public/ # Static assets (images, audio, fonts)
├── index.html # Main HTML file
└── vite.config.js # Build configuration