Diggy: open source JavaScript game engine (with example game)

[warfangle]

"Note: I am abandoning Diggy because it turns out I'd rather be making games using canvas. Go figure."

Github source: http://github.com/lostdecade/diggy

[richtaur]

Yeah that's the primary reason I open sourced it, so that if others find it useful they can fork and go nuts.

[ashleyw]

I started a Canvas based game framework of sorts a while back:

http://github.com/ashleyw/Game.JS …super original name, I know!

You do all the drawing yourself, it doesn't add another layer as such to that, it just helps with scheduling background tasks, keeping a smooth time stepping, sounds, etc. It's very buggy though, with very little documentation and no tests…but please do check it out if you're thinking about creating a Canvas based game soon, it's not that complicated! :)

(btw, it doesn't require Ruby, I just use sinatra to serve all the files easier!)

[kmfrk]

The link has auto-playing music. I kid you not.

... and the app just exceeded its quota.

[richtaur]

The auto-playing music is the JavaScript game itself, embedded in an iframe, sorry :(

Quote resolved, server back up!

[gorm]

Now I fear my first encounter with a HTML5 enabled commercial banner app even more.

[albertzeyer]

The demo just shows "Loading audio ..." and seems to do nothing. Not sure how long I am supposed to wait. Have waited at least 10 seconds.

[jdietrich]

Let me guess, you've got a flash blocker of some sort? The game audio uses an intermediary layer of flash, but doesn't timeout if flash fails to load.

[zweben]

Takes less than a second to load for me.

[ComputerGuru]

Sidenote: excellent background music. Goes well with the mood of the game.

[richtaur]

Thanks, I'll let Josh know! BTW it might interest you that he put his music up for sale! http://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/album/bombada-original-sound...

He's great, I'm a big fan of his.

[misuba]

So where are the libraries for making games with canvas? There's Akibahara, but it's pretty opinionated (not that there's anything wrong with that) - I'd love to see more diversity of approaches.

[richtaur]

As warfangle pointed out, I'm not working on Diggy anymore. Reason being: I'm working on a canvas JS engine now! :D Might have something ready for other developers in a few weeks ...

[ELV1S]

Would be nice to have more difficulty level http://elv1s.ru/i/bombada-score.png

[tzm]

Curious, did you ever get it running in Titanium?

[richtaur]

Nope :( I couldn't get Titanium Mobile to push to either my iPhone or my Android (and can't afford the $200/month support). Bummer, maybe someday.