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Life & fun · December 1, 2022

I made a 2D shoot 'em up game with Go, using Entity Component System

A 2D shoot 'em up game made with Go, Ebitengine, and donburi. Featuring ECS (Entity Component System). - m110/airplanes

I made a 2D shoot 'em up game with Go, using Entity Component System launched on December 1, 2022 with 108 votes, #394 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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This is a 2D shoot 'em up game developed in Go using an Entity Component System architecture. It's designed for players interested in classic arcade-style gameplay. The project is open source and available on GitHub, making it useful for developers interested in game development patterns and Go programming. The ECS approach provides a structured foundation for managing game entities and their behaviors.

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