Light Lag

Description

Lightlag is a short 1v1 space ship battle game where you only see where the enemy was, and where the missiles they are shooting at you were 

The goal of the game is to fire a shot that will hit the enemy in time only working with their last known position. As the light that bounced off them to make them visible had to travel to you, it is impossible to know their true position at the current time 

Controls

Mouse : Determine drift direction and where to fire

Space:  Advance to next turn

V: Vent heat

Details

Lightlag is essentially a small prototype game depicting how space battles would likely play out in reality. It makes little sense for two space ships to park right next to each other and broadside like its the 1800s despite how cool it looks.

 In reality you would likely have two gun bricks sat on either side of a solar system firing missiles at each-others after image. That concept is what this game is trying to capture, albeit vastly oversimplified.