LDJAM56 - Pharma Frenzy

Inspired by Nintendo's Dr Mario.
Implemented in vanilla js and rendered using canvas API.
No images, libraries or timers used.

ludum dare game page

controls

keyboard

• left, right - move pill sideways
• down - move pill 1 cell down
• space bar - drop pill
• z, x - rotate
• p - toggle pause

gamepad

• press 1 to define which button/axis to use for each action (see console for feedback)
• config is stored on local storage and reused on subsequent games

references

• Dr Mario
  • https://www.mariowiki.com/Dr._Mario
  • https://www.mariomayhem.com/downloads/mario_instruction_booklets/Dr_Mario-NES.pdf
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHXdtKEHDNU
• JS APIs
  • https://simon.html5.org/dump/html5-canvas-cheat-sheet.html
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API , https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Gamepad_API/Using_the_Gamepad_API

TODO

• title screen with level choice

• score and high scores

• (infrequent but wrong) pills above moving pills should fall too

• twist from original game? (actually there's an accidental difference: lines match mid-air)

• falling due to gravity could be faster?

• (nice to have) overlay buttons for mobile?

• (nice to have) broken pills should get to be round

• gamepad: show gamepad messages using a dom element instead of console

• keyboard: redefine keys

• actual sprites instead of geometric figures?

• port to go/nakama or use peerjs to do multiplayer