Game Obstacles
Push the buttons to move the red square:
Add Some Obstacles
Now we want to add some obstacles to our game.
Add a new component to the gaming area. Make it green, 10px wide, 200px high, and place it 300px to the right and 120px down.
Also update the obstacle component in every frame:
Example
var myGamePiece;
var myObstacle;
function startGame() {
myGamePiece = new component(30, 30, "red", 10, 120);
myObstacle = new component(10, 200, "green", 300, 120);
myGameArea.start();
}
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
myObstacle.update();
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
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Hit The Obstacle = Game Over
In the example above, nothing happens when you hit the obstacle. In a game, that is not very satisfying.
How do we know if our red square hits the obstacle?
Create a new method in the component constructor, that checks if the component crashes with another component. This method should be called every time the frames updates, 50 times per second.
Also add a stop() method to the myGameArea object,
which clears the 20 milliseconds interval.
Example
var myGameArea = {
canvas : document.createElement("canvas"),
start : function() {
this.canvas.width = 480;
this.canvas.height = 270;
this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
document.body.insertBefore(this.canvas, document.body.childNodes[0]);
this.interval = setInterval(updateGameArea, 20);
},
clear : function() {
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
},
stop : function() {
clearInterval(this.interval);
}
}
function component(width, height, color, x, y) {
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.speedX = 0;
this.speedY = 0;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.update = function() {
ctx = myGameArea.context;
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, this.width, this.height);
}
this.newPos = function() {
this.x += this.speedX;
this.y += this.speedY;
}
this.crashWith = function(otherobj) {
var myleft = this.x;
var myright = this.x + (this.width);
var mytop = this.y;
var mybottom = this.y + (this.height);
var otherleft = otherobj.x;
var otherright = otherobj.x + (otherobj.width);
var othertop = otherobj.y;
var otherbottom = otherobj.y + (otherobj.height);
var crash = true;
if ((mybottom < othertop) ||
(mytop > otherbottom) ||
(myright < otherleft) ||
(myleft > otherright)) {
crash = false;
}
return crash;
}
}
function updateGameArea() {
if (myGamePiece.crashWith(myObstacle)) {
myGameArea.stop();
} else {
myGameArea.clear();
myObstacle.update();
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
}
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Moving Obstacle
The obstacle is of no danger when it is static, so we want it to move.
Change the property value of myObstacle.x at
every update:
Example
function updateGameArea() {
if (myGamePiece.crashWith(myObstacle)) {
myGameArea.stop();
} else {
myGameArea.clear();
myObstacle.x += -1;
myObstacle.update();
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
}
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Multiple Obstacles
How about adding multiple obstacles?
For that we need a property for counting frames, and a method for execute something at a given frame rate.
Example
var myGameArea = {
canvas : document.createElement("canvas"),
start : function() {
this.canvas.width = 480;
this.canvas.height = 270;
this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
document.body.insertBefore(this.canvas, document.body.childNodes[0]);
this.frameNo = 0;
this.interval = setInterval(updateGameArea, 20);
},
clear : function() {
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
},
stop : function() {
clearInterval(this.interval);
}
}
function everyinterval(n) {
if ((myGameArea.frameNo / n) % 1 == 0) {return true;}
return false;
}
The everyinterval function returns true if the current framenumber corresponds with the given interval.
To define multiple obstacles, first declare the obstacle variable as an array.
Second, we need to make some changes in the updateGameArea function.
Example
var myGamePiece;
var myObstacles = [];
function updateGameArea() {
var x, y;
for (i = 0; i < myObstacles.length; i += 1) {
if (myGamePiece.crashWith(myObstacles[i])) {
myGameArea.stop();
return;
}
}
myGameArea.clear();
myGameArea.frameNo += 1;
if (myGameArea.frameNo == 1 || everyinterval(150)) {
x = myGameArea.canvas.width;
y = myGameArea.canvas.height - 200
myObstacles.push(new component(10, 200, "green", x, y));
}
for (i = 0; i < myObstacles.length; i += 1) {
myObstacles[i].x += -1;
myObstacles[i].update();
}
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
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In the updateGameArea function we must loop through every obstacle to see if
there is a crash. If there is a crash, the updateGameArea function
will stop, and no more drawing is done.
The updateGameArea function counts frames and adds an obstacle for every
150th
frame.
Obstacles of Random Size
To make the game a bit more difficult, and fun, we will send in obstacles of random sizes, so that the red square must move up and down to not crash.
Example
function updateGameArea() {
var x, height, gap, minHeight, maxHeight, minGap, maxGap;
for (i = 0; i < myObstacles.length; i += 1) {
if (myGamePiece.crashWith(myObstacles[i])) {
myGameArea.stop();
return;
}
}
myGameArea.clear();
myGameArea.frameNo += 1;
if (myGameArea.frameNo == 1 || everyinterval(150)) {
x = myGameArea.canvas.width;
minHeight = 20;
maxHeight = 200;
height = Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxHeight-minHeight+1)+minHeight);
minGap = 50;
maxGap = 200;
gap = Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxGap-minGap+1)+minGap);
myObstacles.push(new component(10, height, "green", x, 0));
myObstacles.push(new component(10, x - height - gap, "green", x, height + gap));
}
for (i = 0; i < myObstacles.length; i += 1) {
myObstacles[i].x += -1;
myObstacles[i].update();
}
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
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