box-sprite-svg

1.2.0 • Public • Published

box-sprite-svg

2d physics container for svg elements

example

To drive an svg circle around, starting from this html:

<!doctype html5>
<html>
  <body>
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
      <circle id="player" cx=250 cy=250 r=10 fill="blue"></circle>
    </svg>
    <script src="bundle.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

we can wrap the player element in a sprite and change its velocity when a key is pressed:

var Sprite = require('box-sprite-svg');
var Loop = require('frame-loop');
var keyname = require('keynames');

var elem = document.querySelector('svg #player');
var sp = Sprite(elem);

var engine = Loop(function (dt) {
    sp.tick(dt);
});
engine.run();

window.addEventListener('keydown', function (ev) {
    var name = keyname[ev.which];
    if (name === 'left') sp.velocity.x = -300;
    if (name === 'right') sp.velocity.x = 300;
    if (name === 'up') sp.velocity.y = -300;
    if (name === 'down') sp.velocity.y = 300;
});
window.addEventListener('keyup', function (ev) {
    var name = keyname[ev.which];
    if (name === 'left' || name === 'right') sp.velocity.x = 0;
    if (name === 'up' || name === 'down') sp.velocity.y = 0;
});

methods

var Sprite = require('box-sprite-svg');

var sp = Sprite(elem, fn)

Create a new sprite instance sp given an element elem.

Optionally register an fn handler for the 'tick' event.

You can also create a new Sprite using inheritance with a module like inherits:

var Sprite = require('box-sprite-svg');
var inherits = require('inherits');

inherits(Player, Sprite);

function Player (elem) {
    if (!(this instanceof Player)) return new Player(elem);
    Sprite.call(this, elem);
}

Player.prototype.jump = function () {
    if (this.position.y !== 0) return;
    this.velocity.y = -1450;
    this.acceleration.y = 120;
};

sp.bbox()

Return the bounding rectangle of the underlying svg element. This is very handy for computing collisions among sprites.

sp.appendTo(target)

Append the current sprite element to a dom node or query selector string target.

sp.tick(dt)

Call this method when you want the sprite to advance by dt, a time delta in milliseconds.

sp.reset()

Set the motion properties all back to (0,0), remove the element from its parent node, and unregister all listeners.

This method is very handy for reusing sprites, which you'll probably want to do for performance reasons.

properties

sp.acceleration = { x: 0, y: 0 }

Change in velocity as pixels per second per second

sp.velocity = { x: 0, y: 0 }

Change in position as pixels per second

sp.position = { x: 0, y: 0 }

Coordinates as pixels

events

sp.on('tick', function (dt) {})

Every time .tick(dt) is called with the time delta dt, this event fires.

sp.on('reset', function () {})

When the .reset() method is called, this event fires.

install

With npm do:

npm install box-sprite-svg

license

MIT

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