PEACEKEEPER is a minimalist arcade game about intervening in an endless, self-running conflict. Two autonomous factions repaint the battlefield while you defend neutral territory with an Arkanoid-style paddle. Your goal is not to win the war, but to keep both sides in balance and slow the advance of the Doomsday Clock.
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Title screen
The light and dark factions continuously invade each other's cells. Your ball turns any faction cell it touches into neutral territory, then returns to the paddle at the bottom of the field.
- Aim toward the faction with more territory.
- The paddle angle determines the ball's return direction.
- Missing the ball advances the Doomsday Clock by 38 minutes.
- Territory imbalance advances the clock quadratically. A difference of 20 cells advances it by one hour every five real seconds.
- The game ends when the Doomsday Clock reaches
24:00:00, when either faction disappears, or when no neutral territory remains. - War balls accelerate to 4x speed after two minutes and eventually reach 8x. The player ball is capped at 2x speed.
| Action | Keyboard | Gamepad | Touchscreen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Move paddle | A / D or arrow keys |
D-pad or left stick | Virtual analog stick |
| Return to title | Esc |
B / Circle | — |
| Toggle fullscreen | Click upper-right button | — | Tap upper-right button |
| Start / continue | Any key | Any button | Tap |
The virtual controls appear only on phones, tablets, and mobile browsers.
Pressing Esc on the title screen exits the game.
PEACEKEEPER requires Godot 4.7 or later. Open project.godot in Godot and run
the project, or use:
Godot.exe --path .Run the regression test with:
Godot_console.exe --headless --disable-crash-handler --log-file godot-smoke.log --path . --script res://tests/smoke_test.gdInstall the official Godot 4.7 export templates, then run:
Godot_console.exe --headless --disable-crash-handler --path . --export-release Web web/game/index.htmlThe GitHub Pages workflow publishes the contents of web.
Exported builds use Sentry for Godot 2.1.1 for crash and error diagnostics. Default personal information, screenshots, and scene-tree attachments are disabled. The SDK does not auto-initialize during editor play.
PEACEKEEPER is an original playable variation inspired by Pong Wars by Koen van Gilst. Pong Wars is released under the MIT License and invites alternate versions of its core idea.
PEACEKEEPER is released under the MIT License.