TS.Utilities

Helper classes overview:

• AnimationsManager.ts

  • Provides simple animation helper to work with GSAP's API, easily handling PIXI specific objects and filters by utilizing the PixiPlugin.
    • scale : scales an element
    • scaleX : scales an element on the X axis
    • scaleY : scales an element on the Y axis
    • hue : sets the hue property of the color (minus 180 to 180, default: 0)
    • saturation : adjusts saturation, increases the separation between colors (0 - 5, default: 1)
    • brightness : adjusts brightness (0 - 5, default: 1)
    • contrast : adjusts contrast - increases/decreases the separation between shadows and highlights (0 - 5, default: 1)
    • colorizeAmount : sets the amount of colorization - a color must be provided, like: {colorize: "#00ff00"}
    • blur : blurs an element
    • blurX : blurs an element only in the X axis
    • blurY : blurs an element only in the Y axis
  • Example:

    animationsManager.set( bullet, { x: player.x, y: player.y, blurX: 2 });
    
    animationsManager.to( bullet, 1, { x: player.x + 500, onComplete: () => {
        animationsManager.set( bullet, { blurX: 0, blur: 2, brightness: 2 });
        animationsManager.to( bullet, 0.5, { scale: 2, blur: 5, brightness: 5, alpha: 0 });
    });
    

• SoundPlayer.ts

  • Sound Player utilizing Howler and implementing the following Lazy sound types:
    • 0: PLAY_WHEN_LOADED,
    • 1: SKIP_IF_NOT_LOADED,
    • 2: PLAY_IN_SYNC_AFTER_LOAD
  • Example:

    soundPlayer.play("Ambient", {loop: true, lazy: 2});
    soundPlayer.play("Song", {loop: true, lazy: 2});