“Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” is only a few days before launching and fans are doing everything to rein in their excitement. In the meantime, you can turn your phone into a lightsaber and eliminate enemy Stormtroopers.
Google recently came up with a game for lightsaber fanatics called “Lightsaber Escape.” The game is part of the Chrome Experiments website, founded on web-based technologies like HTML5 and offering various ways to interact and work with websites. Some of these let users manage the features that appear on their screen using their mobile product, Android Headlines revealed.
“Wield your lightsaber to escape the First Order in an immersive web experience built for your phone and computer, inspired by Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the game description read.
The game lets players use their smartphone to control the lightsaber shown on the screen to block and deflect laser beams fired by Stormtroopers, similar to the Jedi battles in the film franchise. The graphics are actually quite good, coupled with the signature lightsaber sounds.
Interested users can go to https://lightsaber.withgoogle.com/ using their PC Chrome browser. They will find a web address to visit using their mobile device. The smartphone will be measured in a vertical position. Users have to activate the lightsaber using the phone button. The game will also have a short tutorial before it starts. Players will initially be located on a Star Destroyer, as they try to escape the First Order, Phone Arena wrote. There are different lightsaber-related tasks during the game, including melee combat.
The graphics quality and language may be adjusted in the settings located on the lower right portion of the main page in Chrome for PC. Users can also invite others to try the game. Other game settings are available, such as full screen mode and volume control. The Next Web stated that the game was created from a partnership between Disney and Lucasfilm. It is the most recent Chrome experiment that highly depends on a smartphone’s accelerometer to provide gamers with a fun browser-based experience. WebGL is used for 3D graphics, while WebRTC with WebSockets were used to communicate between the user’s phone and desktop.
The game appears to be a hit among “Star Wars” fans since the website was “over quota” at one point. Players may have to wait for the website to decongest before getting through. More updates and details on “Lightsaber Escape” are expected soon.