“Olaf The Jumper” Documentation by “Code This Lab S.r.l.” v1.0
“Olaf The Jumper”
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Table of Contents
- Description
- Folder Contents
- Getting Started
- HTML Structure
- CSS Files and Structure
- Source Code
- Game functions
- Change Graphic
- Disable Sounds
- Wordpress Plugin
A) Description - top
Olaf the Jumper is a HTML5 Skill Game. Olaf is back with a even more challenging adventure! Walk through glaciers and volcanoes, the more tiny platforms you'll pass, the higher score you'll get! .
The ZIP package contains the game with 768x1400 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.
B) Folder Contents - top
The item package contains the following folders:
- ctl_arcade_wp_plugin:
This folder contains the game version (zip file inside) that can be used with wordpress plugin CTL Arcade
- game:
This folder contains the full source code that you can edit as you need.
- live_demo:
This folder contains the obfuscated version of the game. WARNING: you should use this version if you don't have to edit the original game.
- readme:
This folder contains the readme of the game.
C)Getting Started - top
To install the game just upload on your server the game folder live_demo.
- Game Resize: All game resolution automatically center itself and fits on the screen thanks to the ctl_utils.js file.
If you want to avoid this, comment this function in index.html file:
$(document).ready(function(){
/*if(isIphone()){
setTimeout(function(){sizeHandler();},200);
}else{
sizeHandler();
}*/
});
Localization: You can easily change game text for different languages, changing string in CLang.js
TEXT_SCORE = "SCORE";
TEXT_CREDITS_DEVELOPED ="DEVELOPED BY";
TEXT_ERR_LS = "YOUR WEB BROWSER DOES NOT SUPPORT STORING SETTING LOCALLY. IN SAFARI, THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF THIS IS USING 'PRIVATE BROWSING MODE'. SOME INFO MAY NOT SAVE OR SOME FEATURE MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY.";
TEXT_SHARE_IMAGE = "200x200.jpg";
TEXT_SHARE_TITLE = "Congratulations!";
TEXT_SHARE_MSG1 = "You collected ";
TEXT_SHARE_MSG2 = " points!
Share your score with your friends!";
TEXT_SHARE_SHARE1 = "My score is ";
TEXT_SHARE_SHARE2 = " points! Can you do better";
TEXT_HELP = "Click and hold to increase the jump strength, release to bounce";
TEXT_BEST_SCORE = "BEST SCORE";
TEXT_YOUR_SCORE = "FINAL SCORE";
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
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
check_orientation: true, //SET TO FALSE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW ORIENTATION ALERT ON MOBILE DEVICES
});
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:
- 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
- CTextButton: this class create a text button
- CToggle: this class create a standard toggle button
- CGame: this class manages the game logic
- CInterface: this class controls game GUI that contains text and buttons
- CCreditsPanel: this class manages the credits panel
- CHelpPanel: this class manages the panel at the game start
- CEndPanel: this class manages the panel at the end of the game showing score and best score
- CMsgBox: this class manages a generic Message Box
- CCharacter: this class manages the main character
- CObstacle: this class manages the position of the obstacles in game
- CParallax: this class is used to create a Parallax effect on background
- 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 CGame.js class is called and game starts
- The character stands on a Pit and when the user click the character jumps, more the user hold the mouse(or the finger) on the screen more the character will jump further
- If the user click on the exit button in the upper-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), parallaxes, the character, the obstacles and the GUI.
- increaseScore()
This function increase the scrore, and refresh the GUI.
- tapScreen()
This function manages the moment when the user start to click on the canvas.
- releaseScreen()
This function manages the behavior of the game when the user release the screen.
- unload
This function is called when user want to exit from the game.
- gameOver()
This function is called when game is over.
- 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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