The first project of The Great Code Club.
You can open game.html directly in your browser using the file:// protocol. However, I recommend you use a real web server. If you have python installed:
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
Then browse to http://localhost:8000/game.html.
Reload the page each time you change something, or check out Guardfile to setup automatic reloading.
Here are the files you should take a look at, in logical order:
game.htmlis the page containing the<canvas>we render the game on.game.jsis the game engine, mainly the game loop.pong.jsinitializes the game and the entities.entity.jscontains the base class for all game entities.ball.jsis the ball entity. Boing!paddles.jsis the logic for the player and computer controlled paddles.
This project includes the following files you can re-use to make your own custom game:
game.jsis the generic game engine.entity.jsthe base class for any game entities.
Refer to pong.js to initialize the game and load the entities.
Check out the gravity branch for a variation on Pong made by Greg Bowler (@g105b).
Happy coding!
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