I want a simple game engine for HTML5 to use when teaching students how to program.
Clarity should be the number one goal for the project. Fool proof code at no 2. No cleverness! I want to help students get started, not make a complete game engine.
The engine has one method (move) that should be updated very often. It should not do anything that causes a re-draw on the screen. The idea is to keep deltas so small between each movement, that all collision detection math becomes very simple.
Another method, that does no movements and no collision detection is responsible for painting stuff. That method uses - if available - requestAnimationFrame.
Examples of stuff I expect my students to recreate:
- Pong
- Arkanoid
- Gorilla (Q-basic)
- Snake
- Whack-a-mole
- (Clay) Pigeon Shooting (Duck Hunt)
- Game and watch Donkey Kong
- A simple paint program
- Animated logos or abstract animations
- Charts and diagrams