Game Score

This package handles logic to create a scored Game with User health and life attributes. It provides helper functions to hook into common game logic such as handling score, decrementing health, losing life, game over, etc.

Installation

npm install game_score

How to Use

To use this package, create an instance of both a user and a game.

var Game = createGame();
var User = createUser();

The create based functions return objects that contain suggested default attributes.

Default Game Object

{
  lives: 3, // integer
  scoreIncrement: 1, // integer
  healthDecrement: 25, // percentage based integer
  difficulty: "easy", // string
  userPlay: false, // boolean
  gameComplete: false,  // boolean
  highScore: 0 // integer
};

Default User Object

{
  name: "Sneaky Snek", // string
  health: 100, // percentage based integer
  currentScore: 0 // integer
};

Custom Game/User properties

Both createGame() and createUser() accept objects which can be used to overwrite default user/games values or add custom ones.

var Game = createGame({
  lives: 4,
  bonus: 100
});

var User = createUser({
  name: "Solid State",
  color: "blue"
});

The resulting user and game objects are as follows:

Customized Game Object

{
  lives: 4, // default override
  bonus: 100, // custom property
  scoreIncrement: 1,
  healthDecrement: 25,
  difficulty: "easy",
  userPlay: false,
  gameComplete: false,  
  highScore: 0
};

Customized User Object

{
  name: "Solid State", // default override
  color: "blue", // custom property
  health: 100,
  currentScore: 0
};

Incrementing Score

incrementScore();

This function will increment the score based on the increment value set in the Game object.

It also returns an updated User object.

Decrementing Health

decrementHealth(func);

This function will decrement the player's score based on the decrement value set in the Game object and will automatically trigger loseLife() and gameOver() based on the game parameters set in the Game object.

The decrementHealth() function returns an updated User object when called and accepts a callback function that is executed on game over as a parameter.

Losing Life

loseLife(func)

loseLife() is automatically called when the health of a life has been decremented to 0. You can force the loss of a life by calling this function manually.

The loseLife() function accepts a callback function that is executed on game over as a parameter.

Game Over

gameOver(func);

gameOver() is automatically called on the loss of the player's last life. The gameOver() function can be called manually and accepts a callback function as a parameter.

Reset Game

resetGame();

resetGame() is automatically called on game over. You can force a game reset by calling this function manually.