Diggy: open source JavaScript game engine (with example game)

http://blog.lostdecadegames.com/diggy-open-source-javascript-game-engine-with

by richtaur • 16 years ago

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kmfrk3• 16 years ago

The link has auto-playing music. I kid you not.

... and the app just exceeded its quota.

richtaur8• 16 years ago

The auto-playing music is the JavaScript game itself, embedded in an iframe, sorry :(

Quote resolved, server back up!

kmfrk3• 16 years ago

It's more the fact that it wasn't disclosed - in case people are sitting with headphones turned up. :)

Dammit, and now the wait for Puzzle Quest 2 will be even more unbearable.

gorm• 16 years ago

Now I fear my first encounter with a HTML5 enabled commercial banner app even more.

warfangle• 16 years ago

"Note: I am abandoning Diggy because it turns out I'd rather be making games using canvas. Go figure."

Github source: http://github.com/lostdecade/diggy

richtaur8• 16 years ago

Yeah that's the primary reason I open sourced it, so that if others find it useful they can fork and go nuts.

albertzeyer2• 16 years ago

The demo just shows "Loading audio ..." and seems to do nothing. Not sure how long I am supposed to wait. Have waited at least 10 seconds.

zweben• 16 years ago

Takes less than a second to load for me.

jdietrich• 16 years ago

Let me guess, you've got a flash blocker of some sort? The game audio uses an intermediary layer of flash, but doesn't timeout if flash fails to load.

albertzeyer2• 16 years ago

Ah hehe, yes that was it.

ComputerGuru• 16 years ago

Sidenote: excellent background music. Goes well with the mood of the game.

richtaur8• 16 years ago

Thanks, I'll let Josh know! BTW it might interest you that he put his music up for sale! http://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/album/bombada-original-sound...

He's great, I'm a big fan of his.

misuba• 16 years ago

So where are the libraries for making games with canvas? There's Akibahara, but it's pretty opinionated (not that there's anything wrong with that) - I'd love to see more diversity of approaches.

richtaur8• 16 years ago

As warfangle pointed out, I'm not working on Diggy anymore. Reason being: I'm working on a canvas JS engine now! :D Might have something ready for other developers in a few weeks ...

tzm2• 16 years ago

Curious, did you ever get it running in Titanium?

richtaur8• 16 years ago

Nope :( I couldn't get Titanium Mobile to push to either my iPhone or my Android (and can't afford the $200/month support). Bummer, maybe someday.

tzm2• 16 years ago

hmm... What version were your using? I may give it a go if you don't mind.

ashleyw• 16 years ago

I started a Canvas based game framework of sorts a while back:

http://github.com/ashleyw/Game.JS …super original name, I know!

You do all the drawing yourself, it doesn't add another layer as such to that, it just helps with scheduling background tasks, keeping a smooth time stepping, sounds, etc. It's very buggy though, with very little documentation and no tests…but please do check it out if you're thinking about creating a Canvas based game soon, it's not that complicated! :)

(btw, it doesn't require Ruby, I just use sinatra to serve all the files easier!)

ELV1S• 16 years ago

Would be nice to have more difficulty level http://elv1s.ru/i/bombada-score.png

Diggy: open source JavaScript game engine (with example game)

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