Ajax Girl

I know it isn’t Friday, but this is a fun tutorial for any JavaScripter. Michal Wallace has written up a thorough step by step tutorial that walks you through the creation of Brickslayer using Prototype.

• Setting Up Shop: Tools you will need and initial versions of the source files.
• The Paddle: Our First Sprite: Creating a sprite and moving it manually with firebug.
• Keyboard Control: Prototype’s Cross-Browser Event System.
• Animating the Paddle: Smooth animation with setInterval
• Building the World: Walls, the ball, and a ton of bricks.
• Collision Detection: Ball Physics. Unit Tests and the Math Object.
• Keeping Score: Winning, Losing, and Slaying Bricks.
• Adding Sound: Audio feedback with soundManager.
• Those Other Screens: Pause. Game Over. Level Clear. The Title Screen.
• The High Score List: Talking to a PHP Script with Prototype’s AJAX support.
• Potential Enhancements: Ideas for making this game your own.

To contrast this tutorial, Mihai Parparita detailed his tale of failure at developing a game for the iPhone, and the frustration with the events, and the messing with setTimeout/Interval.

Source: Ajaxian
Original Article: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ajaxian/~3/136376633/building-brickslayer-game-programming-with-prototype-but-not-the-iphone