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Push the buttons to move the red square
Now we want to control the red square.
Add four buttons, up, down, left, and right.
Write a function for each button to move the component in the selected direction.
Make two new properties in the component
constructor, and call them
speedX
and speedY
. These properties are being used as speed indicators.
Add a function in the component
constructor, called
newPos()
, which uses the speedX
and speedY
properties to change the component's position.
The newpos function is called from the updateGameArea function before drawing the component:
<script>
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;
}
}
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
function moveup() {
myGamePiece.speedY -= 1;
}
function movedown() {
myGamePiece.speedY += 1;
}
function moveleft() {
myGamePiece.speedX -= 1;
}
function moveright() {
myGamePiece.speedX += 1;
}
</script>
<button onclick="moveup()">UP</button>
<button onclick="movedown()">DOWN</button>
<button onclick="moveleft()">LEFT</button>
<button onclick="moveright()">RIGHT</button>
If you want, you can make the red square stop when you release a button.
Add a function that will set the speed indicators to 0.
To deal with both normal screens and touch screens, we will add code for both devices:
function stopMove() {
myGamePiece.speedX = 0;
myGamePiece.speedY = 0;
}
</script>
<button onmousedown="moveup()" onmouseup="stopMove()" ontouchstart="moveup()">UP</button>
<button onmousedown="movedown()" onmouseup="stopMove()" ontouchstart="movedown()">DOWN</button>
<button onmousedown="moveleft()" onmouseup="stopMove()" ontouchstart="moveleft()">LEFT</button>
<button onmousedown="moveright()" onmouseup="stopMove()" ontouchstart="moveright()">RIGHT</button>
We can also control the red square by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
Create a method that checks if a key is pressed, and set the key
property of the myGameArea
object to the key code. When the key is
released, set the key
property to false
:
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);
window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
myGameArea.key = e.keyCode;
})
window.addEventListener('keyup', function (e) {
myGameArea.key = false;
})
},
clear : function(){
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
}
}
Then we can move the red square if one of the arrow keys are pressed:
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
myGamePiece.speedX = 0;
myGamePiece.speedY = 0;
if (myGameArea.key && myGameArea.key == 37) {myGamePiece.speedX = -1; }
if (myGameArea.key && myGameArea.key == 39) {myGamePiece.speedX = 1; }
if (myGameArea.key && myGameArea.key == 38) {myGamePiece.speedY = -1; }
if (myGameArea.key && myGameArea.key == 40) {myGamePiece.speedY = 1; }
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
What if more than one key is pressed at the same time?
In the example above, the component can only move horizontally or vertically. Now we want the component to also move diagonally.
Create a
keys
array for the myGameArea
object, and insert one element
for each key that is pressed, and give it the value true
, the
value remains true untill the key is no longer pressed, the value becomes
false
in the keyup event listener function:
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);
window.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
myGameArea.keys = (myGameArea.keys || []);
myGameArea.keys[e.keyCode] = true;
})
window.addEventListener('keyup', function (e) {
myGameArea.keys[e.keyCode] = false;
})
},
clear : function(){
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
}
}
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
myGamePiece.speedX = 0;
myGamePiece.speedY = 0;
if (myGameArea.keys && myGameArea.keys[37]) {myGamePiece.speedX = -1; }
if (myGameArea.keys && myGameArea.keys[39]) {myGamePiece.speedX = 1; }
if (myGameArea.keys && myGameArea.keys[38]) {myGamePiece.speedY = -1; }
if (myGameArea.keys && myGameArea.keys[40]) {myGamePiece.speedY = 1; }
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
If you want to control the red square by using the mouse cursor,
add a method in myGameArea
object that updates the x and y
coordinates of the mouse cursor:.
var myGameArea = {
canvas : document.createElement("canvas"),
start : function() {
this.canvas.width = 480;
this.canvas.height = 270;
this.canvas.style.cursor = "none"; //hide the original cursor
this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
document.body.insertBefore(this.canvas, document.body.childNodes[0]);
this.interval = setInterval(updateGameArea, 20);
window.addEventListener('mousemove', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = e.pageX;
myGameArea.y = e.pageY;
})
},
clear : function(){
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
}
}
Then we can move the red square using the mouse cursor:
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
if (myGameArea.x && myGameArea.y) {
myGamePiece.x = myGameArea.x;
myGamePiece.y = myGameArea.y;
}
myGamePiece.update();
}
We can also control the red square on a touch screen.
Add a method in the myGameArea
object that uses the x and y coordinates of where
the screen is touched:
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);
window.addEventListener('touchmove', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = e.touches[0].screenX;
myGameArea.y = e.touches[0].screenY;
})
},
clear : function(){
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
}
}
Then we can move the red square if the user touches the screen, by using the same code as we did for the mouse cursor:
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
if (myGameArea.x && myGameArea.y) {
myGamePiece.x = myGameArea.x;
myGamePiece.y = myGameArea.y;
}
myGamePiece.update();
}
We can also draw our own buttons on the canvas, and use them as controllers:
function startGame() {
myGamePiece = new component(30, 30, "red", 10, 120);
myUpBtn = new component(30, 30, "blue", 50, 10);
myDownBtn = new component(30, 30, "blue", 50, 70);
myLeftBtn = new component(30, 30, "blue", 20, 40);
myRightBtn = new component(30, 30, "blue", 80, 40);
myGameArea.start();
}
Add a new function that figures out if a component, in this case a button, is clicked.
Start by adding event listeners to check if a mouse button is clicked (mousedown
and mouseup
).
To deal with touch screens, also add event listeners to check if the screen is
clicked on (touchstart
and touchend
):
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);
window.addEventListener('mousedown', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = e.pageX;
myGameArea.y = e.pageY;
})
window.addEventListener('mouseup', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = false;
myGameArea.y = false;
})
window.addEventListener('touchstart', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = e.pageX;
myGameArea.y = e.pageY;
})
window.addEventListener('touchend', function (e) {
myGameArea.x = false;
myGameArea.y = false;
})
},
clear : function(){
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
}
}
Now the myGameArea
object has properties that tells us the x-
and y-coordinates of a click. We use these properties to check if the click was
performed on one of our blue buttons.
The new method is called clicked
, it is a method of the
component
constructor, and it checks if the
component is being clicked.
In the updateGameArea
function, we take the neccessarry actions
if one of the blue buttons is clicked:
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.clicked = function() {
var myleft = this.x;
var myright = this.x + (this.width);
var mytop = this.y;
var mybottom = this.y + (this.height);
var clicked = true;
if ((mybottom < myGameArea.y) || (mytop > myGameArea.y) || (myright < myGameArea.x) || (myleft > myGameArea.x)) {
clicked = false;
}
return clicked;
}
}
function updateGameArea() {
myGameArea.clear();
if (myGameArea.x && myGameArea.y) {
if (myUpBtn.clicked()) {
myGamePiece.y -= 1;
}
if (myDownBtn.clicked()) {
myGamePiece.y += 1;
}
if (myLeftBtn.clicked()) {
myGamePiece.x += -1;
}
if (myRightBtn.clicked()) {
myGamePiece.x += 1;
}
}
myUpBtn.update();
myDownBtn.update();
myLeftBtn.update();
myRightBtn.update();
myGamePiece.update();
}