Tag Archives: 2d

Copycat JavaScript Game

Fun little game in which you control more than one character at once in a level, all bound to the same controls. Using walls and other obstacles you can sync up the locations between characters in order for each character to reach its own target.

The game itself is written in “vanillaJS”, sans external libraries, and renders onto a <canvas> element. Be sure to check out the source to see how it’s built (knowing French might come in handy whilst doing so ;)). The level design for example is interesting, as they are just multidimensional arrays:

{
    "nom": "debut",
    "indice": "try to move forward",
    "geometrie": [
      [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
      [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
      [0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 8, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
      [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 4, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 5, 8, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 1, 8, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8, 8, 8, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0],
      [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
    ]
  }

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Two.js

two.js

Two.js is a two-dimensional drawing api geared towards modern web browsers. It is renderer agnostic enabling the same api to draw in multiple contexts: svg, canvas, and webgl.

Two.js is deeply inspired by flat motion graphics. As a result, two.js aims to make the creation and animation of flat shapes easier and more concise. At the time of this writing two.js unfortunately does not support text or images.

// Make an instance of two and place it on the page.
var elem = document.getElementById('draw-shapes').children[0];
var params = { width: 285, height: 200 };
var two = new Two(params).appendTo(elem);

// two has convenience methods to create shapes.
var circle = two.makeCircle(72, 100, 50);
var rect = two.makeRectangle(213, 100, 100, 100);

// The object returned has many stylable properties:
circle.fill = '#FF8000';
circle.stroke = 'orangered'; // Accepts all valid css color
circle.linewidth = 5;

rect.fill = 'rgb(0, 200, 255)';
rect.opacity = 0.75;
rect.noStroke()

// Don't forget to tell two to render everything
// to the screen
two.update();

Looks promising!

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Ortho Robot

From the author that’s making Mari0:

Literally bridging the gap between 2D and 3D games, Ortho Robot is a perspective based puzzle game, where you flatten the view to move across gaps. Your objective is to reach the ending green block (either by standing directly on it or standing on it in relative space). For some extra challenge, try to collect all coins and perfect your time, steps and number of warps.

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