DieAI

DieAI is a Ruffle-powered web revival of my 2018 Flash game. The repo keeps the original ActionScript source, the exported SWF, project imagery, and a static web wrapper together so the game remains playable in modern browsers without Flash Player.

Play the live demo

How to play

• A: move left
• D: move right
• Space: fire

If keyboard input does not respond, click once inside the game player or tab to the player after it loads to focus the Ruffle canvas.

For a non-playable text walkthrough of the preserved story, controls, level, and game-over screens, read the story and screens transcript.

Running locally

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mikechaves/dieai-flash.git
cd dieai-flash

Start a local static server:

python3 -m http.server 8000

Open http://localhost:8000 in a browser.

Do not open index.html directly from your file manager. Ruffle cannot run the SWF from a file:// URL because browsers block required runtime features for local files.

Run the static wrapper smoke check before browser QA after changing the wrapper or bundled assets:

node scripts/smoke-wrapper.mjs

Project structure

dieai-flash/
├── assets/
│   ├── DieAI.swf           # exported Flash build loaded by Ruffle
│   ├── DieAI.html          # original Flash embed output
│   └── images/             # screenshots and promotional artwork
├── com/greensock/          # bundled GreenSock ActionScript dependency
├── docs/                   # supporting project documentation
├── lib/shoot/              # original ActionScript game source
├── scripts/                # static validation helpers
├── CHANGELOG.md            # preservation release notes
├── DieAI.fla               # original Flash authoring file
├── index.html              # modern Ruffle web wrapper
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

Notes

• The live page is intentionally static: no bundler, framework, or build step.
• Ruffle is loaded from a pinned public @ruffle-rs/ruffle package; see docs/preservation/RUFFLE_RUNTIME_DECISION.md for the runtime decision.
• If Ruffle or the local browser protocol blocks playback, the wrapper falls back to screenshots, controls, and the next action instead of hiding the rest of the page.
• The original source files are kept in the repo for preservation and review, while assets/DieAI.swf is the playable build used by the web wrapper.
• Preservation checksums and artifact sizes are recorded in docs/preservation/ARTIFACT_METADATA.md.
• The Adobe Animate scratch-publish worksheet is recorded in docs/preservation/ADOBE_ANIMATE_SCRATCH_PUBLISH_WORKSHEET.md.
• The archive distribution path for the FLA and release bundle is recorded in docs/preservation/ARCHIVE_DISTRIBUTION_DECISION.md.
• The non-publishing release bundle dry run is recorded in docs/preservation/PRESERVATION_RELEASE_BUNDLE_DRY_RUN.md.
• The GitHub Release publish checklist is recorded in docs/preservation/GITHUB_RELEASE_PUBLISH_RUNBOOK.md.
• External archive submission readiness is recorded in docs/preservation/EXTERNAL_ARCHIVE_SUBMISSION_READINESS.md.
• A portfolio-ready preservation case-study draft lives at docs/portfolio/PRESERVATION_CASE_STUDY.md.
• External portfolio-link requirements live at docs/portfolio/PORTFOLIO_LINK_HANDOFF.md.
• Social preview metadata and image dimensions are documented in docs/qa/SOCIAL_PREVIEW_METADATA.md.
• Ruffle keyboard focus behavior is documented in docs/qa/KEYBOARD_FOCUS_AUDIT.md.
• Runtime keyboard control evidence is documented in docs/qa/KEYBOARD_RUNTIME_INPUT_AUDIT.md.
• Touch-control feasibility is documented in docs/qa/TOUCH_CONTROL_FEASIBILITY.md.
• Gamepad-support feasibility is documented in docs/qa/GAMEPAD_SUPPORT_FEASIBILITY.md.
• Physical-controller gamepad mapping validation is documented in docs/qa/GAMEPAD_MAPPING_TEST_PLAN.md.
• Reduced-motion posture is documented in docs/qa/REDUCED_MOTION_POSTURE.md.
• Service-worker caching scope is documented in docs/preservation/SERVICE_WORKER_CACHE_DECISION.md.
• Original, exported, wrapper-only, and external runtime assets are scoped in docs/preservation/ARCHIVE_ASSET_SCOPE.md.
• A non-playable story and screens transcript is available at docs/accessibility/STORY_SCREENS_TRANSCRIPT.md for users who cannot run Flash or Ruffle.
• The original rhetorical analysis document is preserved as DOCX at docs/Chaves_rhetoricalAnalysis.docx and as accessible Markdown at docs/historical/CHAVES_RHETORICAL_ANALYSIS.md.
• Preservation release notes and the update convention live in CHANGELOG.md.
• Current and deferred project work lives in docs/backlog/.
• The latest live GitHub Pages smoke evidence is recorded in docs/qa/LIVE_GITHUB_PAGES_SMOKE_2026-05-31.md.
• Release-bundle inventory, exclusions, runtime posture, and checksum expectations are reconciled in docs/preservation/ARCHIVE_RELEASE_INVENTORY_RECONCILIATION.md.

Credits

Contribution	Author / Project
Game design, art, and original ActionScript code	Michael Chaves
Flash runtime emulation	Ruffle
Preservation reference and inspiration	Flashpoint Archive

License

Released under the MIT License for Michael Chaves-authored portions of this archive unless a file says otherwise.

The bundled com/greensock/** ActionScript source is third-party GreenSock code preserved for source/rebuild compatibility. It retains its own copyright and terms notices and is not relicensed by this repo. See GreenSock License Review.