Lab | JS Canvas Treasure Hunt

Introduction

In this lab, step by step, we'll build something like a simple treasure hunt game.

You can find a demo for what we'll be building here.

Iteration 1: Draw the grid

The goal is to reproduce the following grid.

For this, you will need to create a file index.html with the following code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
    <title>JS | Canvas Treasure Hunt</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <canvas width="500" height="500"></canvas>
    <script src="main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

You will also have to create a file main.js like the following one:

// main.js
const canvas = document.querySelector('canvas');
const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
const width = canvas.width;
const height = canvas.height;

// Iteration 1
function drawGrid() {
  // TODO: write the code of the function
}

function drawEverything() {
  drawGrid();
  // drawPlayer()
  // drawTreasure()
}

drawEverything();

To finish this iteration, you have to add some code to the function drawGrid() so it gives us back visible 10x10 grid.

Iteration 2: The Character class

Now, you have to create a class Character. You should define at least:

col property
row property
moveUp() method
moveRight() method
moveDown() method
moveLeft() method

Below, we have an example of the expected outcome.

const player = new Character(0, 0); // (0,0) = Initial position

player.moveDown(); // Increase by 1 the value of player.row
player.moveDown(); // Increase by 1 the value of player.row
player.moveRight(); // Increase by 1 the value of player.col

console.log(player.col, player.row); // => 1,2

Iteration 3: Draw the player

Create a function drawPlayer that displays the player on the canvas based on its col and row values.

You can simply rely on images/character-down.png for this iteration.

Iteration 4: The Treasure class

Create a class Treasure with a method setRandomPosition() and a property col and row
Create a function drawTreasure() that displays the treasure on the canvas. The picture is images/treasure.png

Iteration 5 React to player input

Listen for keydown events to:

Update the player's coordinates.
Draw everything again by calling drawEverything().

For this, you take inspiration from the following code.

window.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
  // Stop the default behavior (moving the screen to the left/up/right/down)
  event.preventDefault();

  // React based on the key pressed
  switch (event.keyCode) {
    case 37:
      console.log('left');
      break;
    case 38:
      console.log('up');
      break;
    case 39:
      console.log('right');
      break;
    case 40:
      console.log('down');
      break;
  }
};

Bonus: Iteration 6

Do what you want to make this game awesome!

Here are some ideas:

Add a property direction to the player and display a different image based on the direction.
Stop the player at the edges of the board.
Add another player that can be controlled with different keys (WASD).
Add a score property to the player and create a function drawScores.

Happy coding! ❤️

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