Example 1: how to create a game in html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style>
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
body {
background: black;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
canvas {
border: 1px solid white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<canvas width="400" height="400" id="game"></canvas>
<script>
var canvas = document.getElementById('game');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var grid = 16;
var count = 0;
var snake = {
x: 160,
y: 160,
dx: grid,
dy: 0,
cells: [],
maxCells: 4
};
var apple = {
x: 320,
y: 320
};
function getRandomInt(min, max) {
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min)) + min;
}
function loop() {
requestAnimationFrame(loop);
if (++count < 4) {
return;
}
count = 0;
context.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
snake.x += snake.dx;
snake.y += snake.dy;
if (snake.x < 0) {
snake.x = canvas.width - grid;
}
else if (snake.x >= canvas.width) {
snake.x = 0;
}
if (snake.y < 0) {
snake.y = canvas.height - grid;
}
else if (snake.y >= canvas.height) {
snake.y = 0;
}
snake.cells.unshift({x: snake.x, y: snake.y});
if (snake.cells.length > snake.maxCells) {
snake.cells.pop();
}
context.fillStyle = 'red';
context.fillRect(apple.x, apple.y, grid-1, grid-1);
context.fillStyle = 'green';
snake.cells.forEach(function(cell, index) {
context.fillRect(cell.x, cell.y, grid-1, grid-1);
if (cell.x === apple.x && cell.y === apple.y) {
snake.maxCells++;
apple.x = getRandomInt(0, 25) * grid;
apple.y = getRandomInt(0, 25) * grid;
}
for (var i = index + 1; i < snake.cells.length; i++) {
if (cell.x === snake.cells[i].x && cell.y === snake.cells[i].y) {
snake.x = 160;
snake.y = 160;
snake.cells = [];
snake.maxCells = 4;
snake.dx = grid;
snake.dy = 0;
apple.x = getRandomInt(0, 25) * grid;
apple.y = getRandomInt(0, 25) * grid;
}
}
});
}
document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
if (e.which === 37 && snake.dx === 0) {
snake.dx = -grid;
snake.dy = 0;
}
else if (e.which === 38 && snake.dy === 0) {
snake.dy = -grid;
snake.dx = 0;
}
else if (e.which === 39 && snake.dx === 0) {
snake.dx = grid;
snake.dy = 0;
}
else if (e.which === 40 && snake.dy === 0) {
snake.dy = grid;
snake.dx = 0;
}
});
requestAnimationFrame(loop);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Example 2: how to create a game using javascript
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
<style>
canvas {
border:1px solid #d3d3d3;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body onload="startGame()">
<script>
var myGamePiece;
var myObstacles = [];
var myScore;
function startGame() {
myGamePiece = new component(30, 30, "red", 10, 120);
myGamePiece.gravity = 0.05;
myScore = new component("30px", "Consolas", "black", 280, 40, "text");
myGameArea.start();
}
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.frameNo = 0;
this.interval = setInterval(updateGameArea, 20);
},
clear : function() {
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
}
}
function component(width, height, color, x, y, type) {
this.type = type;
this.score = 0;
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.speedX = 0;
this.speedY = 0;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.gravity = 0;
this.gravitySpeed = 0;
this.update = function() {
ctx = myGameArea.context;
if (this.type == "text") {
ctx.font = this.width + " " + this.height;
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.fillText(this.text, this.x, this.y);
} else {
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, this.width, this.height);
}
}
this.newPos = function() {
this.gravitySpeed += this.gravity;
this.x += this.speedX;
this.y += this.speedY + this.gravitySpeed;
this.hitBottom();
}
this.hitBottom = function() {
var rockbottom = myGameArea.canvas.height - this.height;
if (this.y > rockbottom) {
this.y = rockbottom;
this.gravitySpeed = 0;
}
}
this.crashWith = function(otherobj) {
var myleft = this.x;
var myright = this.x + (this.width);
var mytop = this.y;
var mybottom = this.y + (this.height);
var otherleft = otherobj.x;
var otherright = otherobj.x + (otherobj.width);
var othertop = otherobj.y;
var otherbottom = otherobj.y + (otherobj.height);
var crash = true;
if ((mybottom < othertop) || (mytop > otherbottom) || (myright < otherleft) || (myleft > otherright)) {
crash = false;
}
return crash;
}
}
function updateGameArea() {
var x, height, gap, minHeight, maxHeight, minGap, maxGap;
for (i = 0; i < myObstacles.length; i += 1) {
if (myGamePiece.crashWith(myObstacles[i])) {
return;
}
}
myGameArea.clear();
myGameArea.frameNo += 1;
if (myGameArea.frameNo == 1 || everyinterval(150)) {
x = myGameArea.canvas.width;
minHeight = 20;
maxHeight = 200;
height = Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxHeight-minHeight+1)+minHeight);
minGap = 50;
maxGap = 200;
gap = Math.floor(Math.random()*(maxGap-minGap+1)+minGap);
myObstacles.push(new component(10, height, "green", x, 0));
myObstacles.push(new component(10, x - height - gap, "green", x, height + gap));
}
for (i = 0; i < myObstacles.length; i += 1) {
myObstacles[i].x += -1;
myObstacles[i].update();
}
myScore.text="SCORE: " + myGameArea.frameNo;
myScore.update();
myGamePiece.newPos();
myGamePiece.update();
}
function everyinterval(n) {
if ((myGameArea.frameNo / n) % 1 == 0) {return true;}
return false;
}
function accelerate(n) {
myGamePiece.gravity = n;
}
</script>
<br>
<button onmousedown="accelerate(-0.2)" onmouseup="accelerate(0.05)">ACCELERATE</button>
<p>Use the ACCELERATE button to stay in the air</p>
<p>How long can you stay alive?</p>
</body>
</html>