JavaScript Canvas Fun: Pong

Earlier this week I rediscovered some old games I'd written, and I realized that I had not yet done a JavaScript version of Pong. I did versions of Tetris and Snake, perennial favorites of mine to implement, but somehow I'd forgotten about Pong. I think Pong was probably the first game I ever tried to copy, and it has a special place in my early-programmer's memory.

So I set out last night to put together a JavaScript canvas version of Pong, which you can play below:

Score: 0 - 0

Source code

Common = window.Common || {};

(function(exports) {
  // Key-codes.
  var UP = 38, DOWN = 40;

  if (typeof exports.Events === 'undefined') {
    exports.Events = {'emit': function() {}};
  }


  function Paddle(game, leftOrRight, offset) {
    this.game = game;

    // Distance between paddle and the outer edge.
    this.offset = offset || 4;

    // The paddle width and height are proportional to the size
    // of the game board.
    this.width = Math.ceil(game.width / 100);
    this.height = Math.ceil((game.height / 10) * game.difficulty);

    // Position the paddle, centering it vertically.
    this.leftOrRight = leftOrRight;
    if (leftOrRight == 'left') {
      this.x = this.offset;
    } else {
      this.x = this.game.width - this.width - this.offset;
    }
    this.y = Math.ceil((this.game.height - this.height) / 2);

    this.startY = this.y;

    // The speed at which the paddle moves is proportional to the
    // size of the paddle (1/10th of a paddle per move).
    this.dy = Math.ceil(this.height / 10);
  }

  Paddle.prototype.reset = function() {
    this.y = this.startY;
  }

  Paddle.prototype.draw = function(ctx) {
    ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, this.width, this.height);
  }

  Paddle.prototype.move = function(direction) {
    // Move the paddle up or down.
    if (direction > 0) {
      this.y += this.dy;
      if (this.y + this.height > this.game.height) {
        this.y = this.game.height - this.height;
      }
    } else if (direction < 0) {
      this.y -= this.dy;
      if (this.y < 0) { this.y = 0; }
    }
  }

  Paddle.prototype.autoMove = function(ball) {
    var movingAway = (
      (ball.dx > 0 && this.leftOrRight == 'left') ||
      (ball.dx < 0 && this.leftOrRight != 'left'));
    if (movingAway) {
      // Move the paddle
      if (this.y < (this.startY - this.dy)) {
        this.y += this.dy;
      } else if (this.y > this.startY) {
        this.y -= this.dy;
      }
    } else {
      // Anticipate the position of the ball.
      var fakeBall = new Ball(this.game);
      fakeBall.x = ball.x;
      fakeBall.y = ball.y;
      fakeBall.dx = ball.dx;
      fakeBall.dy = ball.dy;
      while (Math.abs(fakeBall.x - this.x) > fakeBall.size) {
        fakeBall.move();
      }
      var destY = Math.ceil(fakeBall.y - (this.height / 2));
      if (this.y < destY) {
        this.y += this.dy;
      } else if (this.y > (destY + this.dy)) {
        this.y -= this.dy;
      }
    }
  }


  function Ball(game) {
    this.game = game;

    // The size of the ball is 1% of the screen (same as the
    // width of the paddle).
    this.size = Math.ceil(game.width / 100);

    // The ball always starts in the center of the screen.
    this.startX = Math.ceil((this.game.width - this.size) / 2);
    this.startY = Math.ceil((this.game.height - this.size) / 2);

    // Initialize the ball-speed as 0, 0.
    this.dx = 0;
    this.dy = 0;

    // The maximum speed at which the ball can move in any
    // direction is equal to 1% of the screen width.
    this.maxD = this.game.width / 100;

    // Initialize the ball.
    this.reset();
  }

  Ball.prototype.reset = function(direction) {
    direction = direction || -1;

    // Center the ball.
    this.x = this.startX;
    this.y = this.startY;

    // The ball starts out at half the max speed.
    this.dx = (this.maxD / 2) * direction;

    // The vertical velocity is random.
    this.dy = Math.max(
      parseInt(Math.random() * this.maxD),
      this.maxD / 4);
    this.dy *= (Math.random() < .5)? 1 : -1;
  }

  Ball.prototype.move = function() {
    // Move the ball, bouncing it off horizontal walls and
    // triggering an event if the ball hits a vertical wall.
    this.x += this.dx;
    this.y += this.dy;
    if (this.x <= 0) {
      this.game.rightWins();
    } else if (this.x + this.size >= this.game.width) {
      this.game.leftWins();
    }
    if (this.y <= 0) {
      this.dy *= -1;
      this.y = 0;
    } else if (this.y + this.size >= this.game.height) {
      this.dy *= -1;
      this.y = this.game.height - this.size;
    }
  }

  Ball.prototype.draw = function(ctx) {
    ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, this.size, this.size);
  }

  Ball.prototype.collisionTest = function(paddle) {
    var bounds;
    if (this.dx < 0) {
      bounds = [
        paddle.x, paddle.x + paddle.width,
        paddle.y - this.size, paddle.y + paddle.height];
    } else {
      bounds = [
        paddle.x - this.size, paddle.x,
        paddle.y - this.size, paddle.y + paddle.height];
    }
    return (
      (this.x >= bounds[0] && this.x <= bounds[1]) &&
      (this.y >= bounds[2] && this.y <= bounds[3]));
  }

  Ball.prototype.reflectOnCollision = function(paddle) {
    if (this.collisionTest(paddle)) {
      var verticalOffset = Math.abs(this.y - paddle.y);
      if (verticalOffset < (paddle.height * .4)) {
        this.dy -= 1;
      } else if (verticalOffset >= (paddle.height * .6)) {
        this.dy += 1;
      }
      if ((Math.abs(this.dx) < this.maxD) && (Math.random() < .3)) {
        if (this.dx < 0) {
          this.dx -= 1;
        } else {
          this.dx += 1;
        }
      }
      if (this.dx < 0) {
        this.x = paddle.x + paddle.width;
      } else {
        this.x = paddle.x - this.size;
      }
      this.dx *= -1;
    }
  }


  function Pong(canvasId, config) {
    this.canvas = document.getElementById(canvasId);

    // Read the width and height directly from the HTML canvas.
    this.width = this.canvas.width;
    this.height = this.canvas.height;

    this.config = config? config : {};
    this.interval = this.config.interval || 20;
    // 0.5 == hard, 1.0 == normal, 1.5 == easy
    this.difficulty = this.config.difficulty || 1.0;
    this.color = this.config.color || '#0ce3ac';
    this.background = this.config.background || '#000000';

    // Initialize game, binding event handlers, etc.
    this.initialize();
  }

  Pong.prototype.initialize = function() {
    if (this.canvas.getContext) {
      this.ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
    } else {
      return false;
    }

    // Create paddles for the player and computer.
    var playerSide = this.config.playerSide || 'left';
    this.player = new Paddle(this, playerSide);
    this.computer = new Paddle(this, playerSide == 'left' ? 'right': 'left');

    if (playerSide == 'left') {
      this.left = this.player;
      this.right = this.computer;
    } else {
      this.left = this.computer;
      this.right = this.player;
    }

    // Create the game ball.
    this.ball = new Ball(this);

    this.score = {'left': 0, 'right': 0};

    this.keyState = {};
    var self = this;
    var makeHandler = function(state) {
      return function(e) {
        var keyCode = (e || window.event).keyCode;
        if (state) {
          self.keyState[keyCode] = true;
        } else {
          delete self.keyState[keyCode];
        }
        if (keyCode == UP || keyCode == DOWN) {
          return false;
        } else {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }

    document.onkeydown = makeHandler(true);
    document.onkeyup = makeHandler(false);

    this.newGame();
    this.gameLoop();

    return true;
  }

  Pong.prototype.newGame = function() {
    this.ball.reset();
    this.player.reset();
    this.computer.reset();
  }

  Pong.prototype.rightWins = function() {
    this.score['right'] += 1;
    exports.Events.emit('right-score', this.score);
    this.newGame();
  }

  Pong.prototype.leftWins = function() {
    this.score['left'] += 1;
    exports.Events.emit('left-score', this.score);
    this.newGame();
  }

  Pong.prototype.drawElements = function() {
    // Draw a black background.
    this.ctx.fillStyle = this.background;
    this.ctx.fillRect(0, 0, this.width, this.height);
    this.ctx.fillStyle = this.color;

    this.player.draw(this.ctx);
    this.computer.draw(this.ctx);
    this.ball.draw(this.ctx);
  }

  Pong.prototype.gameLoop = function() {
    var self = this;
    this.ball.move();
    if (this.keyState[DOWN]) {
      this.player.move(1);
    } else if (this.keyState[UP]) {
      this.player.move(-1);
    }
    this.computer.autoMove(this.ball);
    if (this.ball.dx > 0) {
      this.ball.reflectOnCollision(this.right);
    } else if (this.ball.dx < 0) {
      this.ball.reflectOnCollision(this.left);
    }
    this.drawElements();
    setTimeout(function() { self.gameLoop(); }, this.interval);
  }

  exports.Pong = Pong;
})(Common);

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