Wingspan Games: Arrow
a multiplayer game built in Elixir / Phoenix
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Hi HN!This has been a fun little side project. You simply click to shoot arrows at falling circles (and the arrows of other players!) Hopefully, I make other social & simple games over time. I had to struggle with all the usually problems of game synchronization. It was a fun way to explore phoenix & elixir.You'll notice the signature claude code purple gradient. I'll be honest, I couldn't have built it without AI!If you really like it you can vote with your wallet and toss me $1.99. Or not!!
HN · launched Dec 20, 2025 · 7 upvotes (top 64%) · 0 views
Niche: multiplayer browser games · 159 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -29% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Marketplace
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 159 launches in multiplayer browser games →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a lightweight 2D multiplayer browser game using HTML5 Canvas and Phoenix Channels/WebSockets for simple state synchronization.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: No players available for multiplayer games, Lag issues for overseas/non-US players, Difficulty shooting at edge of screen
Feature requests: Add bot players for matchmaking
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 542 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #322 of 543 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 52 days after the earliest competitor.
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