Kerby64 is a compilation of mini-games built with Babylon.js. It features procedural terrain generation, custom-made shader material and compute shaders, and dynamic rendering techniques.

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A GitHub action is configured to deploy the latest version of the game online. You can access it at https://kerby64.socrimoft.games/

IMPORTANT: A WebGPU-compatible browser is needed to run the game (e.g., Chrome, Edge)

Table of Contents

1. Games list
2. The team
3. Project structure and documentation
4. How to run locally
5. Acknowledgments

Games list

• Rush: Never-ending, random-generated platformer with mario world look.
• Bird: Flappy Bird with Mario theme.
• World: Attempt at creating Minecraft on a web game engine with the help of compute shader to leverage GPU for chunk generation.
• Classic: Kirby's dream land remake.

The team

• Dorian REYNIER, aka Fenris1801: Bird, Classic
• Loïc ANDRÉ, aka Loic-An: World
• Ludovic CLOLOT, aka Ludoclt: Rush

Project structure and documentation

Latest documentation is available at socrimoft.github.io/Kerby64/ or can be made locally with the command

npm run doc

Here's how the game is organized:

Kerby64/
├── src/
|   ├── */                    # 
│   ├── audioManager.ts       # Class that instanciate AudioEngineV2
│   ├── inputManager.ts       # InputHandler keyboard and mouse
│   ├── loadingScreen.ts      # Class for the Loading screen
│   ├── random.ts             # Class for the seeded random function
│   └── game.ts               # Entry point of the application
├── public/                   # Static assets (e.g., textures, models, music, ...)
├── package.json              # Project dependencies and scripts
├── README.md                 # Project description (you are here)
└── tsconfig.json             # TypeScript configuration

How to run locally

Before running the project, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v16 or higher)
• npm (comes with Node.js)

Next, follow thoses procedures:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Socrimoft/Kerby64.git
   cd Kerby64

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Start the development server:

   npm run start

4. Open your browser and navigate to: http://localhost:8080

Acknowledgments

• Babylon.js for the rendering engine.
• Lunehiver for the original soundtrack.
• bevy-interstellar for his implementation of Perlin Noise in WGSL.
• Faithfulpack for the GUI and blocks texture on world.

Note: While making the game, some contents that are not under an open source license were used as placeholder. It is possible that some of them still remains: feel free to report such content to us to remove them.

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