After playing Javascript Mario Kart, I have been wanting to develop a classic video game with jQuery. T&C seemed like a good fit because its motion and overall simplicity are ideal for jQuery animation library (and it is really fun). I am fairly pleased with the performance, which is vastly improved through the use of cell-based collision detection. Instead of having to check for collision every pixel, it can be checked every 32, with huge processing savings. Additionally, the use of CSS sprites
Here is minimalistic implementation of Fifteen puzzle that you can try to solve just in your browser window. You can use it to spend some time or to investigate how to use the excellent jQuery library to create JavaScript applications. The game internally consists of two modules: model that stores game data and UI that build with jQuery and contains only 26 lines of code.
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Tunnel is a very basic game where you use the mouse to move your ship left and right. As you play, the walls narrow until eventually you have about 2 widths of your ship to fly between. The game ends when you die, and your score gradually increases as long as you live. When you die, your score is checked against the top 10 and if you get a high score, you enter your name to put yourself on the list. It is not too complicated and you can check out the source to see everything that is going on at
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jCharacterfall is a small, addictive jQuery game, where there are Characters in water drops falling. You can save them from a splashy death, by pressing the correct character on your keyboard.After each character save, the game gets harder and the droplets will fall faster. When playing this game over and over, you might even improve your typing skills.
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