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Summary
- ScreenPlink turns your monitor into a laser-based shooting range using a webcam and laser pointer.
- Built with Claude Code, it's open-source on GitHub and supports single- or two-player modes.
- Requires only a webcam, a matte screen, and a laser trainer or pointer to play.
People have been doing some really cool things lately by pointing their webcams at their screens. Just a few days ago, we saw someone breach their Samsung TV by letting Claude take photos of the screen while it was working. Now, someone has used Claude to create a light gun-esque digital shooting range that uses a red laser instead.
This Claude-coded laser-based shooting game is like Duck Hunt without the console
All you need is a webcam, a matte screen, and a laser pointer
Over on the ClaudeAI subreddit, user vkorost shared what they've been cooking up with Claude Code. It's called ScreenPlink, and it turns your monitor into a firing range using a red laser:
I built ScreenPlink with Claude Code over about two weeks. It is a laser dry-fire shooting game where your monitor is the target. You shoot the screen with a laser trainer pistol, or with a laser cartridge in your own gun. A webcam sitting beside the monitor watches the screen rather than you, the app works out which pixel you hit, punches a bullet hole there, and the target falls.
You can take a look at how it plays in the video above. There are a bunch of game modes, and it even supports two-player mode, which really brings me back to using a light gun on a PlayStation back in the day. If you want to relive a bit of gaming history without needing to dust off your console, you can check out the project for yourself over on the ScreenPlink GitHub repository. It's all open-source and free to play; you just have to bring your own laser pointer.