Dwarf Empire

Dwarf Empire is an HTML5 game based on Adventure Capitalist., created with Phaser3-boilerplate template. The game was designed mobile first and you can play it now on: https://agar3s.itch.io/dwarf-empire

Development

Installation

Just run: $ npm install

Run Game

$ npm run start the game will be automatically launched on localhost:3000. Start script uses livereload.

Build

To build the game run $ npm run build it generates a dist folder with: app.bundle.js, index.html and all the assets on assets folder.

If you store the assets in a different static server provider beware to set the awsPrefix=url on src/scenes/ui/boot.js and src/scenes/ui/preboot.js files. (check the deploy branch to see an example)

Deploy

Dist folder can be compressed and upload to any site that support HTML5 games like itch.io or gamejolt.

Deploy on AWS S3

All assets are stored on S3, to sync your files run $ aws s3 cp dist/ s3://bucket-url/ --grants read=uri=http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/ An online version is available on: https://agar3s-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/dwarfEmpire/index.html

Database

Games played by users could be listed on: https://dwarf-empire.herokuapp.com/games

Project structure

The game uses 4 scenes:

• src/scenes/ui/boot.js to load all the assets required for the game
• src/scenes/ui/preboot.js only loads the logo and background images in order to provide a better loading screen
• src/scenes/game/HUDgame.js displays notifications and avatar related data.
• src/scenes/game/game.js is the main scene, contains a dictionary of Business, sound bg and fxs, particle emitters.

Time management for idle component

Time update is not handled by phaser as the update process does not work properly when the tab is not visible, to keep the expected idle behaviour for the game a setTimeout approach was made. This is only used for logic calculations.

• src/managers/timeManager.js is a singleton that handles a continous loop that notifies every subscriber when a tick has completed sending the delta time to do the proper calculation.

  loop() {
    if (!this.running) return
    const now = +Date.now()
    const delta = now - this.lastTime
    this.subscribers.forEach( subscriber => {
      subscriber.updateIdle(delta)
    })
    this.lastTime = now
    setTimeout( _ => this.loop(), RefreshRatio)
  }

Business

src/scenes/game/business/Business.js Is a Container that groups all the behaviour and logic related to the business, is composed by:

src/scenes/game/businesss/Icon.js: contains the icon image for the business, handles the action of produce money, and displays the total invesments on this business, also a progress bar indicating how far is to duplicate the production speed.

src/scenes/game/business/Progress.js displays the progress of the production and how much money will be generated after completion.

src/scenes/game/business/Invest.js handles the action of invest, it also displays the ammount of money required to purchase.

src/scenes/game/business/Time.js displays the remaining time to get the money.

src/scenes/game/business/Manager.js is a button that allows to purchase a manager to handle automatic production, a dwarf sprite is displayed when is active.

Data

• src/config/constants.js: contains all non transient data, this file contains definitions about, resolution, scenes to load, debug mode and business sprites, coefficients an fixed costs.
• src/config/gameStats.js: is a variable board containing all logic state that requires to be stored.

Data on gameStats is synced every 5 seconds on localstorage (as a fallback) and to a remote server. (see https://github.com/agar3s/dwarfEmpireServer)

Mechanics

All mechanics are basically the same as adventure capitalist,

• Buy and upgrade business
• Make money from a business
• Hire managers
• When game is closed, the next time you open it, it displays the money that all business made.

Next work

• Options to enable/disable music
• Change the name of the dwarf
• Strategy to handle big numbers https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt
• new mechanics related with managers:
  • pick one of two possible manager for every business
  • each manager has different skills: produce faster, reduce costs,
  • each manager has levels, player need to upgrade managers in order to unlock new skills.
• new mechanics related with business:
  • every business triggers unexpected events, could be bad or good ones. miners discover a big diamond, thieves steal jewels from jewelries.

Credits

Development, game design and game concept by @agar3s Art adapted by @prinfrexita based on assets from Kandi Maciejewski https://www.artstation.com/artbykandles/store Sound and Music, various, https://soundcloud.com/user-500193990