Attrition : the process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.
ATTRITION 64 is a pixel breakout game where the paddle is an everyday item, and the blocks form the silhouette of something that the item is a threat to.
ATTRITION 64 gives an old school perspective on modern(ish) issues. The game makes no argument about any of it. The sprites are the whole idea, feel free to adhere or not.
There is this famous anti smoking ad that shows a cigarette as a paddle in a breakout game, with the blocks forming the silhouette of a pair of lungs. One day I thought that this would make a fun game and started thinking about what other pairings could be made.
This is your regular breakout game: a paddle, blocks to destroy, a ball that bounces around and power ups that drop from destroyed blocks. Several levels, playable on smartphone, desktop, with finger, mouse or keyboard.
Play with it: https://ozh.github.io/attrition-64/
The game is static files loaded as ES modules, so it must be served over HTTP - opening
index.html from file:// will not work. Any static server will do.
Example, from the project root:
python3 -m http.server 8000 # then open http://localhost:8000/Pull requests are welcome!
If you want to add a level, read docs/ADDING_A_LEVEL.md. Pull requests are welcome!
There is an editing tool: tools/preview.html. Load it through the same local server — for example
http://localhost:8000/tools/preview.html. Paste a level file into the textarea and
it renders as you type.
If you want to change something and want to know why it is that way, docs/DESIGN.md is the place to look.
No dependencies and no test framework — Node's built-in runner, Node 18 or newer:
node --test 'test/*.test.js'This is free software, under the MIT license.
I used Claude Code to help with several parts of the code: maths, tests, level validation and base design. Feel free to copy any of the code here. I hope you will enjoy the level that references this ;)