“Darts Pro” Documentation by “Code This Lab S.r.l.” v1.0
“Darts Pro”
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Table of Contents
- Description
- Folder Content
- Getting Started
- HTML Structure
- CSS Files and Structure
- Source Code
- Game functions
- Change Graphic
- Disable Sounds
- Wordpress Plugin
A) Description - top
Darts Pros is a HTML5 Skill Game. Test your aim with this professional version of the Darts Game. The game follows the official rules of the Darts Regulation Authority.
Three Games Mode:
- Play Solo
- Challenge the CPU
- Challenge a Friend from the same device
The ZIP package contains the game with 1920x1920 resolution that scales to fit the whole screen both in portrait and landscape mode
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.
B) Folder Content - top
- 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).
- game
This folder contains the full game source code ready to be edited.
- 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.
- readme
This folder contains the package instructions.
- thumbs
This folder contains all game icons.
C)Getting Started - top
To install the game just upload on your server the game folder live_demo.
- 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 .
- Localization: You can easily change game text for different languages, changing string in CLang.js
var TEXT_PRELOADER_CONTINUE = "START";
var TEXT_ARE_YOU_SURE = "ARE YOU SURE?";
var TEXT_DEVELOPED = "DEVELOPED BY";
var TEXT_SCORE = "SCORE";
var TEXT_BEST = "BEST";
var TEXT_DART = "DART";
var TEXT_THROWS = "THROWS";
var TEXT_TOTAL = "TOTAL";
var TEXT_BEST_SCORE = "BEST SCORE";
var TEXT_LEVEL_SCORE = "LEVEL SCORE";
var TEXT_TOT_SCORE = "TOTAL SCORE";
var TEXT_GAME_OVER = "GAME OVER";
var TEXT_TOO_SLOW = "TOO SLOOOOW!";
var TEXT_SELECT_MODE = "SELECT MODE";
var TEXT_PLAYER_NAME =["PLAYER 1","PLAYER 2"];
var TEXT_CPU = "CPU";
var TEXT_YOU_WIN = "YOU WIN";
var TEXT_YOU_LOSE = "YOU LOSE";
var TEXT_CONGRATS = "CONGRATS!!";
var TEXT_WINS = "WINS!!";
var TEXT_SELECT_LEVEL = "SELECT A LEVEL";
var TEXT_PT = "PT";
var TEXT_DOUBLE = "DOUBLE RING";
var TEXT_TRIPLE = "TRIPLE RING";
var TEXT_CENTER = "CENTER";
var TEXT_BULLSEYE = "BULL'S EYE";
var TEXT_HINT1 = "YOU MUST HIT DOUBLE";
var TEXT_HINT2 = "TO WIN THE MATCH!";
var TEXT_HELP_CONTROLS_1 = "TAP THE SCREEN TO STOP THE DART WHERE YOU WANT";
var TEXT_HELP_CONTROLS_2 = "PRESS AND HOLD TO SET THE POWER AND DIRECTION. RELEASE TO THROW THE DART.";
var TEXT_HELP = "YOUR GOAL IS TO DECREASE YOUR STARTING SCORE 501. THE FINAL DART MUST LAND IN EITHER THE BULLSEYE OR A DOUBLE SEGMENT IN ORDER TO WIN";
var TEXT_ERR_LS = "YOUR WEB BROWSER DOES NOT SUPPORT LOCAL STORAGE. IF YOU'RE USING SAFARI, IT MAY BE RELATED TO PRIVATE BROWSING. AS A RESULT, SOME INFO MAY NOT BE SAVED OR SOME FEATURES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.";
var TEXT_SHARE_IMAGE = "200x200.jpg";
var TEXT_SHARE_TITLE = "Congratulations!";
var TEXT_SHARE_MSG1 = "You collected ";
var TEXT_SHARE_MSG2 = " points!
Share your score with your friends!";
var TEXT_SHARE_SHARE1 = "My score is ";
var TEXT_SHARE_SHARE2 = "points! Can you do better";
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 7 mapped events that can be useful eventually for stats
Game option: You can easily customize game setting when creating a new instance of the game in index.html file
var oMain = new CMain({
fullscreen:true //SET THIS TO FALSE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW FULLSCREEN BUTTON
});
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
F) Source Code - top
This game contains:
- jQuery
- Our custom scripts
- CreateJs plugin
- Howler Sound library
- jQuery is a Javascript library that greatly reduces the amount of code that you must write.
- The game have the following js files:
- CAlertText: this class manages a panel that suggest to the player where to hit.
- CAreYouSure: this class manages a panel that is shown when exit button in game is clicked.
- CArrowThrow: this class manages the arrow bar for the dart throw.
- CCreditsPanel: this class shows the Credits Panel.
- CDart: this class creates a new dart item.
- CDartBoard: this class creates the dartboard in the game.
- CEndPanelSingleMode: this class shows the Game Over panel in the Single Mode.
- CEndPanelVsCpu: this class shows the Game Over panel when playing against the CPU.
- CEndPanelVsHuman: this class shows the Game Over panel in the Two Players Mode.
- CGUIExpandible: this class manage the setting button in the game GUI
- CGame: this class manages the game logic
- CGfxButton: this class create a standard button
- CHelpControls: this class shows an help panel when game starts for the fist time.
- CHelpPanel: this class shows the help panel.
- CInfoAI: this class manages CPU throw.
- CInterface: this class controls game GUI that contains text and buttons
- CLang: global string variables for language localization
- CLevelBut: this class create a special button into Menu Level
- CLevelMenu: this class show the Level panel
- CLocalStorage: this class stores all the savings.
- 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
- CMath: this class stores some useful math functions.
- CMenu: simple menu with the play button
- CMenuMode: a menu where the player can choose the game mode
- CPreloader: simple text preloader to show resources loading progress
- CRollingScore: simple text that makes a roll effect when it is increased.
- CScoreGUI: this class manages the score player in game GUI
- CScoreText: this class shows a score text when player hit the dartboard.
- CTextButton: this class create a standard text button
- CToggle: this class create a standard toggle button
- 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
- CreateJs is a suite of modular libraries and tools which work together to enable rich interactive content on open web technologies via HTML5.
- Howler is a javascript Audio library.
Resuming, the complete game flow is the following:
- The index.html file calls the CMain.js file after ready event is called
- The main class calls CPreloader.js to init preloader text and start sprite loading
- 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
- If the user click the Play button in main menu, the CMenuMode.js file is loaded and the Mode Menu is shown
- When user chooses a game mode, the CGame.js class is called and the game starts
- In the Mode Menu if the player chooses a match against CPU, the CLevelMenu.js file is loaded and the Level Menu is shown
- When user chooses a level, the CGame.js class is called and the game starts
- If the user click on the exit button in the up-right corner, the game returns to the menu screen
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) and the GUI. It also initialize player controls.
- refreshGridScale()
This function scales the game container to fit with the current screen size.
- _initDartBoard()
This function created the dartboard.
- _createDart()
This function creates the dart item.
- onMouseDown
This function is called when user press the mouse button.
- onPressUp
This function is called when user release the mouse button.
- unload
This function is called when user want to exit from the game.
- _prepareLaunchDart()
This function is called the dart can be thrown.
- _endThrow()
This function is called when the dart hit the dartboard or the wall.
- _checkThrowPoint()
This function check if user got some point from the last throw.
- _manageAIThrow()
This function calculate the dart thow for the CPU.
- _changeTurn()
This function is called when game must change turn to the other player.
- update()
This function manages the main game loop.
H) Change Graphic - top
You can easily change all the game graphic, replacing all the file you need in the "/sprites" folder. Just respect file format (.png or .jpg) and size if you don't want to change any code line.
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. Feel 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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