“3 Cards Monte” Documentation by “Code This Lab S.r.l.” v1.0

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“3 Cards Monte”

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Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Folder Content
3. Getting Started
4. HTML Structure
5. CSS Files and Structure
6. JavaScript
7. Game functions
8. Change Sprites
9. Disable Sounds
10. Wordpress Plugin

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A) Description - top

3 Cards Monte is a HTML5 Gambling Game. Enjoy this stylish version of the 3 cards monte gambling game!
The ZIP package contains the game with 1920x768 resolution that scales to fit the whole screen device
Just warning that for very wide screens, the game may not be perfectly full screen.
The game is fully compatible with all most common mobile devices.
Sounds are enabled for mobile but we can't grant full audio compatibility on all mobile devices due to some well-know issue between some mobile-browser and HTML5. So if you want to avoid sound loading, please read Disable Sound section).
WARNING: Sounds can't be enabled for Windows Phone as this kind of device have unsolved issues with 'audio' and 'video' tag.

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B) Folder Content - top

1. ctl_arcade_wp_plugin:
This folder contains the zip package that can be used with our Wordpress plugin "CTL Arcade" (http://codecanyon.net/item/ctl-arcade-wordpress-plugin/13856421).
2. game
This folder contains the full game source code ready to be edited.
3. live_demo
This folder contains the obfuscated code. You should upload this folder on your server if you don't need to make any changes.
4. readme
This folder contains the package instructions.
5. thumbs
This folder contains all game icons.

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C)Getting Started - top

To install the game just upload on your server the game folder game1136x640.

• Game Embedding: The proper way to embed the game is in a full-screen web page or in an iframe.
  In the first case the game will fit the screen size, in the second, that of the iframe.
  If the iframe size matches that of the screen, the game will fit accordingly.
  The alignment will be proportioned to the aspect ratio of the game.
  To install the game in a WordPress website, we suggest to use our plugin CTL Arcade .
  
  
• Save Score: if you need to call your php function for saving score, you can add it in the index.html file:

  						$(document).ready(function(){
  							var oMain = new CMain();
  							
  							$(oMain).on("save_score", function(evt,iScore) {
  								//alert("iScore: "+iScore);
  							});
  						});
  					

• Localization: You can easily change game text for different languages, changing string in CLang.js

					TEXT_GAMEOVER  = "WRONG CHOICE, YOU'RE OUT!";
					TEXT_SCORE      = "SCORE";
					TEXT_BEST_SCORE = "BEST SCORE";
					TEXT_CUR_SCORE = "CURRENT SCORE";
					TEXT_PLAY      = "PLAY";
					TEXT_RESTART   = "RESTART";
					TEXT_CHOOSE    = "WHERE IS THE ACE OF HEARTS?";
					TEXT_INFO      = "FIND THE ACE OF HEARTS!";
					TEXT_SHUFFLE   = "SHUFFLING...";

					TEXT_WIN       = "WELL DONE!";

					TEXT_HELP1     = "GAMES RULES ARE SIMPLE:"; 
					TEXT_HELP2     = "FIND THE ACE OF HEARTS, IF YOU MISS IT, YOU ARE OUT!";

					TEXT_CREDITS_DEVELOPED = "DEVELOPED BY";
					var TEXT_PRELOADER_CONTINUE = "START";
				

• Game option: You can easily customize game setting when creating a new instance of the game in index.html file

					var oMain = new CMain({
                                            points_to_win: 1, //Number of win points   
                                            start_num_shuffle: 5, //Starting number of shuffle in a level
                                            num_level_to_increase_num_shuffle: 2, //Levels to play to increase by 1 the number of shuffle
                                            start_timespeed_shuffle: 800, //Starting time (in ms) to shuffle 2 cards
                                            decrease_timespeed_shuffle: -50, //Decrease starting timespeed to shuffle 2 cards every level (in ms)
                                            minimum_timespeed: 200, //Minimum time speed limit 
                                            audio_enable_on_startup:false, //ENABLE/DISABLE AUDIO WHEN GAME STARTS 
                                            show_credits:true,
                                            fullscreen:true, //SET THIS TO FALSE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW FULLSCREEN BUTTON
                                            check_orientation:true     //SET TO FALSE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW ORIENTATION ALERT ON MOBILE DEVICES
                                           });
				

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D)HTML Structure - top

This game have the canvas tag in the body. The ready event into the body calls the main function of the game: CMain().
The head section declares all the javascript functions of the game. The whole project uses a typical object-oriented approach.
In the init function there are 6 mapped events that can be useful eventually for stats

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E) CSS Files and Structure - top

The game use two CSS files. The first one is a generic reset file. Many browser interpret the default behavior of html elements differently. By using a general reset CSS file, we can work round this. Keep in mind, that these values might be overridden somewhere else in the file.

The second file contains all of the specific stylings for the canvas and some hack to be fully compatible with all most popular mobile devices

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F) JavaScript - top

This game contains:

1. jQuery
2. Our custom scripts
3. CreateJs plugin

1. jQuery is a Javascript library that greatly reduces the amount of code that you must write.
2. The game have the following js files:
   • CMain: the main class called by the index file.
     This file controls the sprite_lib.js file that manages the sprite loading, the loop game and initialize the canvas with the CreateJs library
   • ctl_utils: this file manages the canvas resize and its centering
   • sprite_lib: this class loads all images declared in the main class
   • settings: general game settings
   • CLang: global string variables for language localization
   • CPreloader: simple text preloader to show resources loading progress
   • CMenu: simple menu with the play button
   • CGfxButton: this class create a standard button
   • CToggle: this class create a standard toggle button
   • CTextButton: this class create a standard text button
   • CGame: this class manages the game logic
   • CInterface: this class controls game GUI that contains text and buttons
   • CEndPanel: the final game over panel
   • CHelpPanel: the help panel that is shown before game starting
   • CCard: this class manages the card object
3. CreateJs is a suite of modular libraries and tools which work together to enable rich interactive content on open web technologies via HTML5.

Resuming, the complete game flow is the following:

1. The index.html file calls the CMain.js file after ready event is called
2. The main class calls CPreloader.js to init preloader text and start sprite loading
3. When all sprites contained in "/sprites" and "/sounds" folder are loaded, the main class removes the preloader and calls the CMenu.js file that shows the main menu
4. If the user click the Play button in main menu, the CGame.js class is called and the game starts
5. If the player misses the red ace, the game calls the Game Over Panel and game restarts
6. If the user click on the exit button in the up-right corner, the game returns to the menu screen

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G) Game functions - top

In this section will be explained all the most important functions used in CGame.js file.

• _init()
  This function attach on the canvas some game sprites like background (oBg), GUI and initialize the touch events..
• _shuffleCard()
  This function create and shuffle the 3 cards.
• updateScore()
  This function refresh player score.
• gameOver()
  This function is called when the player misses the red ace.
• _infoPhase
  This function manages the game state before card shuffling.
• checkShuffle()
  This function checks if card shuffling is over.
• _shufflePhase
  This function manages the card shuffling.
• checkWin
  This function checks if player get red ace.
• _update
  This function manages the main game loop.

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H) Change Card Set - top

The game contains the card images that you can replace if you want to change cards.
Currently each card has following dimensions: 217x330. So if you change card size, be sure to change also card size settings in the settings.js file.

• CARDS:
  
  
  
  

I) Disable Sounds - top

If you want to disable all the sounds for mobile devices, you have to change the following value in settings.js file:

var DISABLE_SOUND_MOBILE = true;

J) Wordpress Plugin - top

CTL Arcade will allow you to add a real arcade on your worpress website, in this way your users will be more involved and will stay connected longer.

It's possible to add Ads banner at the beginning of each game and at the end of each level. This will give you a new tool to increase your revenues.

Your own users will promote your website sharing their scores on the main Social Networks, with no extra costs for you.

You'll get by default the score-sharing on Twitter. To add Facebook just follow the guideline below.

3 widgets can be added in your pages through a shortcode.

• Game iframe
• Rate the Game
• Leaderboard

Minimum Requirements:

• PHP 4.3
• WordPress 4.3.1
• HTML5
• Canvas
• Javascript / jQuery

This plugin is designed to work only with games built by Code This Lab.

You can find it here!

Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this game. Fell free to contact us if you have any questions or issue relating to this game. No guarantees, but we'll do our best to assist.

CODE THIS LAB S.R.L.

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