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We continue a series of articles on game development in HTML5 using canvas. Today I prepared musical example (it will be something like a synthesizer) with alternative DOM-based dialogs in CSS3. Why did I add separated dialogs? – Easy: mostly because CSS boasts so much more ability to play with text and styles of standard elements. Plus it can make resulting JS code smaller, and can increase speed as well. Besides, you can apply nice custom styles to these dialogs using the full power of CSS3 (for example, I customized the scrollbar with CSS3).
Here you can read our previous lesson: Developing Your First HTML5 Game – Lesson 4.
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Here you can read our previous lesson: Developing Your First HTML5 Game – Lesson 4.
Here are our demo and downloadable packages:
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Ok, download the example files and let's start coding!
Step 1. HTML
Here is source code of our fifth lesson:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" >
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>HTML5 Game Development - Lesson 5 | Script Tutorials</title>
<link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/jquery-1.5.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/script.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h2>HTML5 Game Development - Lesson 5</h2>
<a href="http://www.script-tutorials.com/html5-game-development-lesson-5/" class="stuts">Back to original tutorial on <span>Script Tutorials</span></a>
</header>
<div class="container">
<div class="bar">
<button id="options">Options</button>
</div>
<canvas id="scene" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
<div id="controls">
<div id="dialogs" class="dialogs">
<div id="dialog1" class="dialog dialogVisible">
<h1>Welcome to lesson #5</h1>
<textarea>
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
Please click buttons from 0 to 9 to produce different sounds.
</textarea>
<button id="but1">Next</button>
</div>
<div id="dialog2" class="dialog">
<h1>Second page</h1>
<textarea>
Plus, this is are also a demonstration of DOM-based dialog windows with CSS3 and jQuery.
Plus, this is are also a demonstration of DOM-based dialog windows with CSS3 and jQuery.
Plus, this is are also a demonstration of DOM-based dialog windows with CSS3 and jQuery.
Plus, this is are also a demonstration of DOM-based dialog windows with CSS3 and jQuery.
Plus, this is are also a demonstration of DOM-based dialog windows with CSS3 and jQuery.
</textarea>
<button id="but2">Next</button>
</div>
<div id="dialog3" class="dialog">
<h1>Third page</h1>
<button id="but3">First page</button>
<button id="but_close">Close</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Above our Canvas object I added extra controls bar (where we can add some action buttons). For now – it will contain a single button to display a dialog box. Below the canvas – here is a set of dialog messages.
Step 2. CSS
Here are the CSS styles.
css/main.css
/* page layout styles */
*{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
body {
background-color:#eee;
color:#fff;
font:14px/1.3 Arial,sans-serif;
}
header {
background-color:#212121;
box-shadow: 0 -1px 2px #111111;
display:block;
height:70px;
position:relative;
width:100%;
z-index:100;
}
header h2{
font-size:22px;
font-weight:normal;
left:50%;
margin-left:-400px;
padding:22px 0;
position:absolute;
width:540px;
}
header a.stuts,a.stuts:visited{
border:none;
text-decoration:none;
color:#fcfcfc;
font-size:14px;
left:50%;
line-height:31px;
margin:23px 0 0 110px;
position:absolute;
top:0;
}
header .stuts span {
font-size:22px;
font-weight:bold;
margin-left:5px;
}
.container {
margin: 20px auto;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
width: 800px;
}
/* game lesson styles */
.bar {
background-color: #337755;
height: 0;
opacity: 0.9;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
width: 800px;
z-index: 10;
-moz-transition: 1s;
-ms-transition: 1s;
-o-transition: 1s;
-webkit-transition: 1s;
transition: 1s;
}
.bar button {
padding:3px;
float:right;
}
.barVisible {
height: 30px;
}
#scene {
position:relative;
}
#controls {
height: 600px;
opacity: 1;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 800px;
z-index: 1;
-moz-transition: 1s;
-ms-transition: 1s;
-o-transition: 1s;
-webkit-transition: 1s;
transition: 1s;
}
.controlsPanel {
height:80px;
opacity: 0 !important;
width:120px;
z-index: -1 !important;
-moz-transform: scale(0.2);
-ms-transform: scale(0.2);
-o-transform: scale(0.2);
-webkit-transform: scale(0.2);
transform: scale(0.2);
}
#controls .dialogs {
height: 400px;
margin: 100px auto;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
width: 600px;
-moz-transition: 1s;
-ms-transition: 1s;
-o-transition: 1s;
-webkit-transition: 1s;
transition: 1s;
}
#controls .dialog {
background-color: #444;
border-radius: 25px;
display: none;
height: 400px;
opacity: 0.95;
position: absolute;
text-align: center;
width: 600px;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
-moz-transition: 1s;
-ms-transition: 1s;
-o-transition: 1s;
-webkit-transition: 1s;
transition: 1s;
}
#controls .dialogVisible {
display:block;
}
#controls .dialog > * {
margin-bottom:20px;
}
#controls .dialog h1 {
font-size: 36px;
padding-top: 50px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
#controls .dialog textarea {
display: block;
height: 150px;
margin: 0 auto 20px;
width: 400px;
}
#controls .dialog button {
border-radius:20px;
border-width:2px;
width:100px;
height:60px;
-moz-transition: 1s;
-ms-transition: 1s;
-o-transition: 1s;
-webkit-transition: 1s;
transition: 1s;
}
#controls .dialog button:hover {
border-radius:30px;
border-width:4px;
width:120px;
}
/* customized scrollbar */
#controls .dialog textarea::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 12px;
}
#controls .dialog textarea::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
}
#controls .dialog textarea::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
background: rgba(255,0,0,0.8);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
#controls .dialog textarea::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:window-inactive {
background: rgba(255,0,0,0.4);
}
At the bottom of these styles you can see how I customized the scrollbar styles (of textarea) with CSS3. Right now it will work only in Chrome.
Step 3. JS
js/jquery-1.5.2.min.js
We use jQuery for our lesson (available in package). Next file is the most important (this makes our html5 functional):
js/script.js
// inner variables
var canvas, ctx;
var image;
var sounds = []; // sounds
var lastColor = 'rgba(255, 128, 0, 0.5)';
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// draw functions :
function clear() { // clear canvas function
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height);
}
function drawScene() { // main drawScene function
clear(); // clear canvas
ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
ctx.fillStyle = lastColor;
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height);
}
// -------------------------------------------------------------
// initialization
$(function(){
canvas = document.getElementById('scene');
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var width = canvas.width;
var height = canvas.height;
// load background image
image = new Image();
image.src="images/synthesizer.png";
image.onload = function() {
}
image.onerror = function() {
console.log('Error loading the background image.');
}
// sounds
sounds[0] = new Audio('media/button-1.wav');
sounds[0].volume = 0.9;
sounds[1] = new Audio('media/button-2.wav');
sounds[1].volume = 0.9;
sounds[2] = new Audio('media/button-3.wav');
sounds[2].volume = 0.9;
sounds[3] = new Audio('media/button-4.wav');
sounds[3].volume = 0.9;
sounds[4] = new Audio('media/button-5.wav');
sounds[4].volume = 0.9;
sounds[5] = new Audio('media/button-6.wav');
sounds[5].volume = 0.9;
sounds[6] = new Audio('media/button-7.wav');
sounds[6].volume = 0.9;
sounds[7] = new Audio('media/button-8.wav');
sounds[7].volume = 0.9;
sounds[8] = new Audio('media/button-9.wav');
sounds[8].volume = 0.9;
sounds[9] = new Audio('media/button-10.wav');
sounds[9].volume = 0.9;
// click alerts
$('#but1').click(function () {
$('.dialog').removeClass('dialogVisible');
$('#dialog2').addClass('dialogVisible');
});
$('#but2').click(function () {
$('.dialog').removeClass('dialogVisible');
$('#dialog3').addClass('dialogVisible');
});
$('#but3').click(function () {
$('.dialog').removeClass('dialogVisible');
$('#dialog1').addClass('dialogVisible');
});
$('#but_close').click(function () {
$('#controls').addClass('controlsPanel');
$('.bar').addClass('barVisible');
});
$('#options').click(function () {
$('#controls').removeClass('controlsPanel');
$('.bar').removeClass('barVisible');
$('.dialog').removeClass('dialogVisible');
$('#dialog1').addClass('dialogVisible');
});
$(window).keydown(function(event){ // keyboard alerts
switch (event.keyCode) {
case 48: // '0' key
sounds[0].currentTime = 0;
sounds[0].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(0, 128, 255, 0.5)';
break;
case 49: // '1' key
sounds[1].currentTime = 0;
sounds[1].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(128, 128, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 50: // '2' key
sounds[2].currentTime = 0;
sounds[2].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(255, 128, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 51: // '3' key
sounds[3].currentTime = 0;
sounds[3].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 52: // '4' key
sounds[4].currentTime = 0;
sounds[4].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(128, 255, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 53: // '5' key
sounds[5].currentTime = 0;
sounds[5].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(255, 255, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 54: // '6' key
sounds[6].currentTime = 0;
sounds[6].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 55: // '7' key
sounds[7].currentTime = 0;
sounds[7].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(0, 128, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 56: // '8' key
sounds[8].currentTime = 0;
sounds[8].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.5)';
break;
case 57: // '9' key
sounds[9].currentTime = 0;
sounds[9].play(); // play sound #1
lastColor = 'rgba(128, 128, 256, 0.5)';
break;
}
});
setInterval(drawScene, 200); // loop drawScene
});
I added my comments anywhere I thought necessary. Hope that all the code is pretty understandable.
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Conclusion
Today, we reviewed the use of sound in html5, and learned how to make alternative DOM-based dialogues with CSS3. I will be glad to see your thanks and comments. Good luck!
Source: http://www.script-tutorials.com/html5-game-development-lesson-5/
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