Wow, didn't expect to see this. Maybe something is in the air - I've been working on a similar project [0] out of a nostalgia for the "Curve Fever 2" era. I'm actually familiar with your first game, and this one is very fun and polished too, particularly the effects and the UI. Mine is a bit raw at the moment but quite functional. You get dropped in to a shared room of classic "survival," but I've also spent a lot of time making wonkier mode like CTF, zone control, etc. It's a bit of Achtung die Kurve meets Halo 3.
But - we are both very aligned on the "no ads/tracking/monetization" aspect, which I appreciate. best of luck to a fellow curvelike developer.
Back in the day, my friends and I loved to rip a few games of Curve Fever 2. The original is gone and the game that took its place has objectionable aesthetic and gameplay tweaks.I've been working on making my dream "curve-like" game that captures the elegance of the original's gameplay while also allowing optional stuff like portals, rocket launchers, custom maps and modes like capture-the-flag. I'm kind of going for that sense of hilarity and semi-competitiveness of e.g. Halo 3 custom maps and modes.
My friends and I have been having a great time playing the initial version, and it's been fun working on some of the more interesting technical aspects like server + browser performance, mapping 2-d game space onto a 3-D visual space, etc. as well as some just-because-I-want to things like a dynamic music system.
But - we are both very aligned on the "no ads/tracking/monetization" aspect, which I appreciate. best of luck to a fellow curvelike developer.
[0] https://recurvegame.com/