Power Player

Power Player is a runtime player that executes code and assets authored in PowerPoint, enabling the development of games, interactive media.

• Standalone : Windows

Instructions

1. Visual Editing

Edit objects directly on the slides. Define object names and layer hierarchy using the Selection Pane (Home > Select > Selection Pane).

2. Scripting

Write JavaScript directly in the slide's Comment section to control objects, set up game loops, and handle player input.

• Invoke the function with 'this' as the Game Instance.
• Using this.var["varName"] to defined a global(Game) variable.
• Using let / var to defined a temporary variable.
• Auto convert ” “ to ', ’ ‘ to '.
• Using spawnObject to duplicate an object results in a new instance named with the format [originalName]-[uuid].
• Disable auto correct option : File -> Options -> Proofing -> AutoCorrect Options
• A semicolon ; is required at the end of each statement.

Class & Functions

• Class
  • Game
  • Input
  • InputStatus
• Scenes
  • switchSlide
• Scene Objects
  • getObject
  • queryObjects
  • removeObject
  • addToGroup
  • getGroup
  • getObjectOrGroup
  • removeFromGroup
  • spawnObject
• Collision
  • collide
  • objectOutOfScene
• Audio
  • playAudio
  • stopAudio
• Input
  • Input
  • InputStatus

3. Objects

• Image (Sprite)
• Text
• Group

Example

• Make a button and switch to other slides.

  {
      let b = this.getObject("buttonObject");
      b.interactive=true;
      b.on("pointerdown",()=>{
          this.switchSlide(2);
      })
  }

• Control player.

  this.onUpdate=(delta)=>{
      let player = this.getObject("player");
      player.x = this.input.mousePosition.x;
      player.y = this.input.mousePosition.y;
      if(this.input.getCode("KeyA")=="JustPress"){
          this.spawnObject("object", {x:p.x+60, y:p.y});
          this.playAudio(0,"se");
      }
  }

• Update spawned objects.

  this.onUpdate=(delta)=>{
      for(let obj of this.queryObjects("^objects-.+$")){
          obj.x+=delta*300;
          if(this.objectOutOfScene(obj.name)){
              this.removeObject(obj.name);
          }
          else if(this.collide("player",obj.name)){
              this.var["score"]+=1;
              this.removeObject(obj.name);
          }
      }
  }

Demo

• Editing & Scripting.

  

• Gameplay