What is this game?

Approaching overload is an air traffic control simulator in which you're the approach controller of the Boston Terminal Radar Approach Control area. You are responsible for vectoring and descending aircraft into their destination airports while avoiding collisions with other departing traffic. There are 4 different scenarios you can load with increasing level of difficulty.

You can use regular text commands in the chat window, or use your voice and speak out the instructions.

How to play

• Use turns, descends and speed adjustments to vector aircraft to their destinations.
• Avoid collisions between aircraft.
• Make sure you watch out for the speed and altitude of the aircraft.
• Use the chat by pressing the [enter] key or use voice by pressing the [ctrl] key.

Aircraft Data Block:

____________ Callsign--> | DAL52 | Speed-----> | 400 050 | <---Altitude (in 100s of feet) A/C Type--> | B737 KBOS | <---Destination Airport |____________| |400 080↑200 | <-- aircraft at 8,000ft and climbing to 20,000ft

Available commands

• [callsign] turn leftright heading [0-360]
• [callsign] fly heading [0-360]
• [callsign] climb and maintain [0-40000]
• [callsign] descend and maintain [0-40000]
• [callsign] cleared for the approach
• [callsign] enter leftright hold
• [callsign] reduceincrease speed to [140-400]
• [callsign] contact boston center
• [callsign] contact tower
• [callsign] cleared for the approach

Technologies used

• Phaser.JS - JS Library
• jQuery - JS Library
• Sublime Text 3 - Text Editor
• Photoshop - Image editing

Screenshots

Thanks

Big thanks to some of the awesome people who helped me with ideas both on BVA's TS and my twitch chat. Honarable mentions to: RQ, KL, HS, c2v4, Oscar5055, Oui42, kazikovsky, yhyhydryx, wyrewolwerowanyrewolwer6