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History of Stars — BORG EDITION is a free, browser-based retro arcade shoot-'em-up. Blast asteroids, dodge skull spinners, collect power-ups, and chase a global leaderboard.

Built with

• PixiJS v7 (WebGL rendering)
• Web Audio API (synthesized sound effects)
• Python http.server (static hosting + high-score API)
• Plain ES modules (no bundler required at dev time)

Gameplay overview

Move the cannon left/right, fire upward, survive. Missed targets that reach the ground are penalties. Skull spinners kill the cannon on contact with the ground. Earn an extra ship every 1,000 peak points. Difficulty scales with your peak score.

Credits

• Design + code: Blue Wizard Digital
• Fonts: Press Start 2P, UnifrakturMaguntia, Rubik Glitch (via Google Fonts)
• Rendering: PixiJS v7