Stellar Synergy
“Stellar Synergy” is a two-player couch co-op platformer game. Players work together to control a single mech. The player must coordinate to defeat enemies and carefully navigate the dangerous terrain. Players also control the mech from their phones by connecting to a local NodeJS site hosting the controls, which sends the input to the game through a Websocket server. This allows for mobile-specific controls such as “aiming” the phone to aim the gun. “Stellar Synergy” was created in a group in a 4th year class. I built the networking functionality for the game which allowed for multiple players and phone connectivity.
The game was the recipient of the Queen’s 2024 Creative Computing Showcase: Best Video Game Award, and was later presented at the Toronto CNE (Canadian National Exhibition).
promotional poster for the game
 Team winning the Best Video Game Award |
 Playtesters at the CNE |
 Team presents the game at the CNE |
 Playtesters at the CNE |
You can watch the demo video here:
Since the game is multiplayer and requires a server for remote connection, and the team didn’t have access to a central server, it is not available to play online. However, the project GitHub includes instructions to play the game using your local device as the server, including multiplayer functionality and mobile phone controls!