Objective:

Create an updated three dimensional version of Atari’s 1979 Lunar Lander.

Technology:

The goal of this project is to use Blender for modeling and Three.js to develop the application. Addition research and experimentation will be needed to determine if a physics engine is needed.

New Challenges:

• Postprocessing
  • The original Lunar Lander has an extremely minimal visual style. I’d like to explore post-processing and or a custom shader to create a similar albeit updated visual style. Bonus points for being able to toggle that visual style.
• Loading Assets from Blender
  • Extended load times might require a load screen with determinate progress.
  • Materials, textures and lighting will likely look better baked into the model.
• Modeling in Blender.
  • While I’ve modeled in three dimensions previously, I am fairly new to Blender.
• Concept of fall and thrust
  • This can likely be accomplished with a series of exponential animations, but I’d like to explore using a Physics library like Cannon.js.

Code:

https://github.com/Radlad-io/experiments-lunar-lander-game

Deploys

https://lander-game.kevinmerinsky.com/

https://lander-game.kevinmerinsky.com/tests/