ascii-game

Implementations

• Pong
• Snake

Installation

npm i ascii-game

Usage

// Dependencies
const A = require('ascii-game');

// AsciiGame.Display takes an object with properties *w* and *h* to determine the dimensions of the display
const display = new A.Display({
  "w": <int rows>,
  "h": <int cols>
});

// AsciiGame.Model takes and stores a two-dimensional array of single-character strings
const model = new A.Model([
  ["+", "-", "+"],
  ["|", " ", "|"],
  ["|", " ", "|"],
  ["+", "-", "+"]
]);

Documentation

AsciiGame.Display

AsciiGame.Display.append(s, x, y)

• s: character being appended
• x: x-position in the display data
• y: y-position in the display data
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Display.appendModel(model, x, y)

• model: instance of the AsciiGame.Model class
• x: x-position in the display data
• y: y-position in the display data
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Display.appendModels(appendations)

• appendations: [{model, x, y}, ...]
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Display.capture()

• returns a new instance of the AsciiGame.Model class of the current display data

AsciiGame.Display.cls()

• clears all of the cells in the display data
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Display.createConsoleOutput()

• returns stringified rendition of the display data that can be immediately printed to the console

AsciiGame.Display.createElement()

• returns html element rendition of the display data

AsciiGame.Display.flush()

• updates the instance's el property
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Display.log()

• prints the current display data in the console
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Display.render(sel)

• sel: query selector of element that the display data will render to
• returns nothing

AsciiGame.Model

AsciiGame.Model.log()

• prints the current model data in the console
• returns nothing

Examples

render your game on the html document

<div id="game"></div>

const A = require('ascii-game');
const display = new A.Display({"w": 32, "h": 18});
const helloWorld = new A.Model([
  ["H", "e", "l", "l", "o"],
  ["W", "o", "r", "l", "d"]
]);
display.appendModel(helloWorld, 16, 8);
display.flush();
display.render("#game");

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