S2JS - Better keyboard and touch handling : Using velocity

We can make use of the velocity capability we created in the MySprite object.

Recall we created the object with this behaviour built-in:

MySprite.prototype.Do_Frame_Things = function() { this.x = this.x + this.velocity_x; // move the thing this.y = this.y + this.velocity_y; if (this.visible) ctx.drawImage(this.MyImg, this.x, this.y); // draw the thing }

So all we need to do is set the velocity !

The program below sets the velocity when a key goes down. Give it a try, but prepared to be surprised by the result.

<html> <head> <title>Better keyboard handling</title> </head> <body> <canvas id="myCanvas" width=300 height=300 style="background-color: olive"> </canvas> <script> var ctx = myCanvas.getContext("2d"); // Get the drawing context for the canvas var FPS = 40; // How many frames per second function MySprite (img_url) { this.x = 0; this.y = 0; this.visible= true; this.velocity_x = 0; this.velocity_y = 0; this.MyImg = new Image(); this.MyImg.src = img_url ; } MySprite.prototype.Do_Frame_Things = function() { if (this.visible) ctx.drawImage(this.MyImg, this.x, this.y); // draw the thing this.x = this.x + this.velocity_x; this.y = this.y + this.velocity_y; // move the thing } var hero= new MySprite("http://s2js.com/img/etc/burger.png"); // The hero function Do_a_Frame () { ctx.clearRect(0, 0, myCanvas.width, myCanvas.height); // clear the background ctx.font="20px arial"; ctx.fillText("Hero x=" + hero.x + " y=" + hero.y, 0, 20); // show hero coordinates hero.Do_Frame_Things(); // hero } function MyKeyDownHandler (MyEvent) { if (MyEvent.keyCode == 37) {hero.velocity_x= -3}; // left if (MyEvent.keyCode == 38) {hero.velocity_y= -3}; // up if (MyEvent.keyCode == 39) {hero.velocity_x= 3}; // right if (MyEvent.keyCode == 40) {hero.velocity_y= 3}; // down MyEvent.preventDefault() } addEventListener("keydown", MyKeyDownHandler); // listen for keystrokes setInterval(Do_a_Frame, 1000/FPS); // set my frame renderer </script> </body> </html>