game-loop

Simple utility class to create gameloops based on requestAnimationFrame, vendor variations or falling back on a 60 fps setTimeout loop. Ment to be used in the browser, with Browserify

Installation

npm install game-loop

Usage

 
var Loop = require('game-loop'),
    loop = new Loop();
 
loop.use(function () {
    console.log('Frame ' + this.frame);
});
 
loop.use(function () {
    // [...]
});
 
loop.play()
 
// Frame 0
 
loop.stop()
 

Methods

• .use([ callback ]) - Attach a callback to loop iterations
• .play() - Start the loop
• .stop() - Stop the loop
• .getFPS() - Get frames-per-second rated based on last performed iteration

Properties

• frame - Current frame number
• lastUpdate - Timestamp registered after completing last iteration
• fps - Last calculated framerate