Zombie Bugs | Top-Down Survival Shooter HTML5 Game

Zombie Bugs — Top-Down Arena Survival Shooter

Zombie Bugs is a complete, polished top-down arena shooter built with pure HTML5 Canvas and vanilla JavaScript. No frameworks, no CDN calls, no runtime dependencies. All art, audio and fonts are original or bundled under OFL. The package is fully static — one upload, no PHP, no Node, no database.

Key Features

• 5 hand-crafted maps with distinct layouts and visual identity
• 6 enemy types plus bosses, escalating in difficulty as waves progress
• 6 weapons with weapon-swap controls and reload mechanics
• 20 skill upgrades to build out a run
• Day/night shift cycle — night grants +25% XP
• Procedural screen shake, hit markers, and combos for combat feedback
• Dynamic lighting across the arena
• Twin-stick touch controls — automatic virtual joysticks on touch devices
• Zero dependencies — no libraries, no frameworks, no CDN calls at runtime
• All SFX and adaptive music synthesised live via the Web Audio API — zero external audio files

Technical Details

PropertyDetailsEngineHTML5 Canvas 2D, vanilla ES6 JavaScriptDependenciesZero — no libraries, no frameworks, no CDN calls at runtimeBrowsersChrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari (desktop + iOS); Chrome/Edge Android; tested at 1280×720, 1600×900, 1920×1080 and phone landscapeResolutionResponsive; core gameplay at 1280×720; HUD UI elements scale with viewportControlsMouse + keyboard (WASD/arrows, mouse aim, 1-6/Q/E swap, R reload, SPACE upgrades, ESC pause, F fullscreen, M mute)TouchAutomatic twin-stick virtual joysticks appear on touch devices; landscape recommendedSave DatalocalStorage (key zwa_save) — best wave, best score, kills, settings. Per-browser, no serverFontsBebas Neue, Oswald, Rajdhani — SIL Open Font License 1.1 (bundled, no external download)AudioWeb Audio API — all SFX and adaptive music synthesised live, zero external assetsFile Size~4.5MB zipped; static HTML5 — no build step, no server requirements