(play) DEFENDER of the favicon 1 February 2009

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Look upward. The game is actually happening in your favicon.

DEFENDER of the what ?

DEFENDER of the favicon is a JavaScript remake of Eugene Jarvis' brilliant arcade game Defender written by Mathieu 'p01' Henri and inspired by Scott Schiller's experiment with generated favicons VU meter. The idea was to push the concept of generated favicons further and pack a thrilling retro shooter in 16×16 pixels using JavaScript, canvas and data: URIs.

Gameplay & Controls

The menace come from above! Protect the humanoid population from the waves of aliens coming to abduct them. Thankfully the shield of your Defender can take a few hit.

Press N to start a game or shoot, and WASD or the arrow keys to move your Defender over the humanoid city.