Game Jam Boilerplate

This project is a jumping-off point for building browser-based games with the Phaser JavaScript framework.

Getting Started

Install all dependencies and run the dev server:

$ npm install
$ npm start

When it completes your server should be available at http://localhost:8080

Best Practices

Here are some opinions and guidelines for future additions to this repo.

Package services (index.js files)

• DO include a package service inside every package
• DO provide access to other package members through package services
• DON'T make package services instantiable
• DON'T maintain any state inside package services

Abstract classes (_*.js files)

• DO prefix abstract classes with an "_" character
• DO provide base implementations inside your abstract classes
• DO use abstract classes to adapt and/or extend third-party libraries
• DON'T make your abstract classes available through package services

Concrete classes (*.js files)

• DO extend abstract classes from within the package
• DO import classes from within the package
• DO import services from outside the package
• DO favor composition over inheritance whenever possible
• DO inject dependencies through the constructor
• DON'T extend classes from outside the package
• DON'T import classes from outside the package

Testing

• DO unit test package services
• DO unit test abstract classes
• DO unit test concrete classes
• DO mock all dependencies
• DON'T bother testing anything from a third-party

TODOs

• Add a behaviors package
• Add some group management services
• Add some debugging services
• Write some tests ya bum!