Pong.js

Configurable JavaScript Pong game in the browser. Uses Pixi.js for rendering. Available stand-alone or as npm module for Browserify

Current Version: 0.0.9

Live examples

• Player vs Bot »
• Player vs Player »
• Custom colors »
• Random colors »
• Custom images »
• Bot vs Bot »
• Custom ball »
• Random balls »
• Shrink player »
• Framed »
• Winning Screen »

Usage

Simple usage

var pong = new Pong(document.getElementById('wrapper'));

// Add keyboard controls for player A
pong.players.a.addControls({
	'up': 'w',
	'down': 's',
});

// Add behaviour for player B
pong.on('update', function () {

	if (pong.players.b.y < pong.balls[0].y) {
		pong.players.b.move(1);
	} else if (pong.players.b.y > pong.balls[0].y) {
		pong.players.b.move(-1);
	}

});

Installation

Using npm + Browserify

npm install pong.js

var Pong = require('pong.js'),
	pong = new Pong(document.getElementById('wrapper'));

Using Bower

bower install pong.js

<script type="text/javascript" src="bower_components/pong.js/build/Pong.js"></script>

Usage example

// Add keyboard controls for player A
pong.players.a.addControls({
	'up': 'w',
	'down': 's',
});

// Add behaviour for player B
pong.on('update', function () {

	if (pong.players.b.y < pong.balls[0].y) {
		pong.players.b.move(1);
	} else if (pong.players.b.y > pong.balls[0].y) {
		pong.players.b.move(-1);
	}

});

// Use a custom image for the ball
pong.setBallImage('./assets/ball.png');

// Use a background color
pong.setBackgroundColor('#ff0000');

Development

Global Dependencies

• Browserify npm install -g browserify
• Watchify npm install -g watchify

Install

git clone git@github.com:KanoComputing/Pong.js.git
cd Pong.js
npm install

Build

npm run build

Watch

npm run watch

API documentation

Pong instance

Methods

• start() - Start game
• pause() - Pause game (Showing pause screen)
• resume() - Resume paused game
• togglePaused() - Pause or resume game
• refresh() - Re-render screen
• update() - Run next frame in the gameloop
• updateIfStill() - Only update if gameloop not running
• resize() - Resize accordingly to wrapper size. Use for responsive implementations
• resetBalls( add_one ) - Remove all balls, add one if true is passed
• restart() - Reset position of players and ball
• reset() - Reset game (Restore start screen, scores, ..)
• setBackgroundColor( string ) - Set background color using hexa string (#xxxxxx)
• setBackgroundImage( string ) - Set background image asset url / relative path
• setLinesColor( string ) - Set lines color using hexa string (#xxxxxx)
• setTextStyle( object ) - Set text style attributes (E.g. font, fill, align)
• setBallColor( string ) - Set the color of balls currently on stage and future ones
• setBallImage( string ) - Set ball image asset url / relative path for all balls on stage (Recommended if 1:1 ratio assets)
• setBallSize( number ) - Set the size of balls currently on stage and future ones
• setBallSpeed( number ) - Set the speed of balls currently on stage and future ones
• addBall() - Add a ball to the game
• on( event , callback ) - Bind callback to a game event
• emit( event , [ params.. ]) - Emit a game event
• win( string ) - Stops game, display message to screen

Properties

• events - Game event emitter
• players - Object containing Players (a and b by default)
• stage - Pixi.js stage
• renderer - Pixi.js renderer
• wrapper - Wrapping DOM element
• balls - Array containing Ball objects
• loop - GameLoop object
• bounces - Number of ball bounces since last point
• totalBounces - Number of ball bounces since the start of the current game
• hits - Number of times a player hit the ball since last point
• totalHits - Number of times a player hit the ball since the start of the current game

Events

• start - Triggered when game is started
• stop - Triggered when game is stopped
• pause - Triggered when game is paused
• resume - Triggered when game is resumed
• beforeupdate - Triggered before every gameloop iteration
• update - Triggered after every gameloop iteration
• resize - Triggered when the game is resized
• point - Triggered by every player when a point is scored
• setLinesColor - Used by UI children, triggered when .setLinesColor is called
• setTextStyle - Used by UI children, triggered when .setTextStyle is called
• setBallColor - Used by Ball instances, triggered when .setBallColor is called
• setBallSize - Used by Ball instances, triggered when .setBallSize is called
• setBallSpeed - Used by Ball instances, triggered when .setBallSpeed is called
• bounce - Fired every time a ball bounces
• hit - Fired every time a ball hits a player

Player instances

Methods

• addControls( object ) - Add keyboard controls (E.g. { up: 'w', down: 's' })
• move( number ) - Move up (-1) or down (1) according to speed at next iteration
• screenX() - Returns screen X position
• screenY() - Returns screen Y position
• getBoundingBox() - Returns paddle bounding box
• reset() - Reset player position
• addPoint() - Increse player score
• setHeight( number ) - Set paddle height
• setY( number ) - Set player Y position
• setColor( string ) - Set paddle color using hexa string (#xxxxxx)
• on( event, callback ) - Bind callback to a player event
• emit( event , [ params.. ]) - Emit a player event

Events

• point - Triggered when player scores a point
• hit - Triggered when player hits a ball

Properties

• side - left or right
• width - Paddle screen width
• height - Paddle screen height
• speed - Player speed per second (300 by default)
• y - game Y position
• score - Player score
• color - Octal color string

Ball instances

Methods

• setSize( number ) - Set ball radius in pixels
• setColor( string ) - Set ball color using hexa string (#xxxxxx)
• setImage( string ) - Set the ball image asset url / relative path (Recommended if 1:1 ratio assets)
• rebound( direction ) - Reset ball position, pointing right when direction is positive, left when negative

Properties

• color - Octal color string
• size - Ball radius in pixels
• velocity - Object containing X and Y velocity
• image - Background image url / relative path