Prince of Persia in JavaScript • Hacker News Board

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by therein » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:39 AM UTC

omgitsabird wrote: post #4

argc wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It feels very much like the original game.

To me, there is a very large difference between the original game in an emulator and this. It appears that this is using http://phaser.io/ and is a complete rewrite of the original game.

Yeah, not to take away from the great work that the author put into the game but it indeed feels very very different to the original.

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by sagia » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:43 AM UTC

Quite impressive, it's amazing how embedded that "stop" animation the character does when he runs in my memory, used to play this quite a bit when i was small

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by eliaspro » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:43 AM UTC

aenis wrote: post #21

Oh this is soo good! Now, would someone kindly reimplement the Railroad Tycoon? Pretty please?...

You might like this one: https://www.openttd.org/

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by tda » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:44 AM UTC

ncfausti wrote: post #7

Can you add action buttons? The directional buttons were easy enough to infer, but not sure what other types of input are possible. (I’m on mobile)

I managed to get halfway through level 2 on my phone. I think the screen is a 3x3 button grid. Center is 'action' for swords and potions.

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by drorco » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:50 AM UTC

dissent wrote: post #33

krisgenre wrote: post #32

Wow! this is too good except for the sound though which seems a bit modern to me.

Sound is definitely the same as the Amiga version at least.

You're probably right. Though I played it originally on a 286 with a simple internal speaker and it sounded a lot more basic.

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by comboy » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 7:58 AM UTC

Sniffnoy wrote: post #37

What the hell are the controls? I can't figure out how to swing the sword.

It's part of the experience. I remember it taking me a long time to figure out on my 386DX.

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by djmips » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 8:01 AM UTC

Sniffnoy wrote: post #37

What the hell are the controls? I can't figure out how to swing the sword.

Controls are same as original (linked) where on desktop the arrows are joystick and shift is your joystick button. On mobile it's covered elsewhere in the comments (it's screen controls)

http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/26916_Extra%20document...

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by hasitseth » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 8:01 AM UTC

Wonderful programming and the game too. Great effort. Kudos.

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by djmips » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 8:01 AM UTC

comboy wrote: post #46

Sniffnoy wrote: post #37

What the hell are the controls? I can't figure out how to swing the sword.

It's part of the experience. I remember it taking me a long time to figure out on my 386DX.

Pirate. ;-)

Re: Prince of Persia in JavaScript

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Post by comboy » Tue, Dec 28, 2021, 8:03 AM UTC

bhrgunatha wrote: post #25

screed wrote: post #10

Volume buttons please.

This is a constant gripe for me. If you're going to play audio on your website, you really should provide a volume control.

Why? You have global volume control, music players have it. To me it's the same as asking every website for brightness adjustment bar or font size control.