Topic awaiting preservation: November 20lines Javascript Contest - Arcade Scrollers - Entries

This month's theme is: Arcade Scrolling Games.

Everybody has atleast once played the old classic arcade games where you take on the role as a
space captain commanding your ship through a two-dimensional scrolling universe.
Time to make your own action filled scroller, but this time in 20 lines.
To make it a bit easier for those w/o graphic skills (like me),
it doesn't have to be a space theme, and you also choose the scrolling direction.

BUT, you can't scroll just horizontally or vertically!

The rest is up you you.

quote:

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a code monkey said once:
As usual, the main rule is to make your script in 20 lines of (effective) code.
Comas shouldn't be used to execute several instructions on the same line
See the code sample below to illustrate the basic rules :



code:
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This month's theme is: Arcade Scrolling Games.

Everybody has atleast once played the old classic arcade games where you take on the role as a
space captain commanding your ship through a two-dimensional scrolling universe.
Time to make your own action filled scroller, but this time in 20 lines.
To make it a bit easier for those w/o graphic skills (like me),
it doesn't have to be a space theme, and you also choose the scrolling direction.

BUT, you can't scroll just horizontally or vertically!

The rest is up you you.

quote:

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a code monkey said once:
As usual, the main rule is to make your script in 20 lines of (effective) code.
Comas shouldn't be used to execute several instructions on the same line
See the code sample below to illustrate the basic rules :



code:
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<script type="text/javascript">

/* */ document.body.onclick = function()
/* */ {
/* 01 */ val = prompt( 'enter a number' );
/* 02 */ for( i=0; i<10; i++ )
/* */ {
/* 03 */ alert( stupidFunction( val, i ) )
/* */ }
/* */ }

/* */ function stupidFunction( a, b )
/* */ {
/* 04 */ return a>b?a:b; // I said it was a stupid function
/* */ }

</script>
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The document.body.onclick = function() does not count as a line as it's not some effective code and the function call could be put in the BODY tag ( or anyother HTML tag ).
The declaration of the stupidFunction() does not count either for the same reasons.
The coma in the line /* 03 */ is ok, since it simply separates the parameters of a function.

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The comments belong in this thread, the entries in threa3] November 20lines Javascript Contest - Arcade Scrollers - Entrik]

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The document.body.onclick = function() does not count as a line as it's not some effective code and the function call could be put in the BODY tag ( or anyother HTML tag ).
The declaration of the stupidFunction() does not count either for the same reasons.
The coma in the line /* 03 */ is ok, since it simply separates the parameters of a function.

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The entries belong in this thread, the comments in thread November 20lines Javascript Contest - Arcade Scrollers - Comments

/TwoD

(Edited by TwoD on 11-06-2004 12:08)

(Edited by TwoD on 11-06-2004 15:09)

Ok, I've decided to move my ass this time.
I've begun a minimalist remake of Shadow of the Beast. To *bump* this contest here comes the preliminary result. I'll update it until the end of november. Hope you'll like it.

Shadow of the Beast




(Edited by poi on 11-08-2004 07:53)

*bump*

keyboard control added.

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Doesn't fully work in Mozilla.

Make z-Index an integer value (Math.floor()), and I think that will fix it.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
"Any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology." -- P. David Lebling

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in November 20lines Javascript Contest - Arcade Scrollers - Comments guys

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Oops! comment taken to comments thread!

(Edited by Blaise on 11-22-2004 12:31)

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
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Well, since me and InI had to give up and there were no other entries (wow, this was harder than I thought lol)...

The winner is Poi with Shadow of the Beast!

Well, atleast I learned something from trying to code my entry and I bet InI and Poi did too, and that's a big part of the contest

Congrats to the winner and those who atleast tried!

/TwoD

Thank you. I'm sad there was so few entries. InI's idea was quite interresting, and yours may have been entertaining too.
Anyway, I hope more inmate will rumble in the December 20lines Javascript Contest - Colors - Entries

congrats, poi!

only thing i was wondering is why the camera goes down when you jump up?

Thanks.
Hum, well the camera goes down when you jump for several reasons :

1. to match the rule set by TwoD saying that the entry must scroll in both directions
2. to follow the movement of the beast
3. because it looks cool with the parallax
4. it was easier to redraw some parts of the stone wall and fence than the clouds