JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

#1

Post by bhaveshdhupar » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:05 AM UTC

JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes
alokmenghrajani.github.com

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

#2

Post by cstuder » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:33 AM UTC

The code documentation part is a quite clever use of a slide tool. Very enlightening.

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

#3

Post by unimpressive » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:41 AM UTC

Encountered a bug: When I die, the game keeps counting score as my "dead" player keeps going across land behind the scenes.

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

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Post by necubi » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:42 AM UTC

It's unfortunate that they decided to save 2 bytes by using onkeyup instead of onkeydown. That choice makes the game nearly unplayable for me. Compare the version in the demo to the one here: http://micahw.com/tron.html (221 bytes).

In any case, this is really impressive. It's always fun to see the tricks people employ to get these tiny sizes (smaller than this comment!).

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

#5

Post by epaga » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:46 AM UTC

Clever stuff, thanks!

typos: "exercice" -> "exercise", "brining" -> "bringing"

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

#6

Post by dekz » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:47 AM UTC

You have a typo in the first sentence, 'exercice'. I like your presentation of code walk throughs with slides.

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

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Post by Natsu » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:48 AM UTC

necubi wrote: post #4

It's unfortunate that they decided to save 2 bytes by using onkeyup instead of onkeydown. That choice makes the game nearly unplayable for me. Compare the version in the demo to the one here: http://micahw.com/tron.html (221 bytes). In any case, this is really impressive. It's always fun to see the tricks people employ to get these tiny sizes (smaller than this comment!).

No wonder the "lag" feels so bad. Also, the area is way too tiny and it needs a way to restart without having to reload the page.

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

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Post by objclxt » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:51 AM UTC

unimpressive wrote: post #3

Encountered a bug: When I die, the game keeps counting score as my "dead" player keeps going across land behind the scenes.

It's 219 bytes, it's not that clever! When you die it simply displays 'game over' along with incremented timer. Because the entire logic is inside a `setInterval` call it never gets stopped.

setInterval is set to update in 9 ms intervals - I assume because whilst it's probably more playable (easier) at higher intervals doing so would require additional bytes.

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

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Post by alastair » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 6:54 AM UTC

necubi wrote: post #4

It's unfortunate that they decided to save 2 bytes by using onkeyup instead of onkeydown. That choice makes the game nearly unplayable for me. Compare the version in the demo to the one here: http://micahw.com/tron.html (221 bytes). In any case, this is really impressive. It's always fun to see the tricks people employ to get these tiny sizes (smaller than this comment!).

Your version plays so much better, that was really not a good way to save 2 bytes.

Re: JavaScript game of Tron in 219 bytes

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Post by Irfaan » Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 7:15 AM UTC

I think I see a way of shaving another byte:

instead of "0My goal is to shave 2 bytes, so you can change the key handler back to onkeydown. :P