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HTML5 Suika Watermelon Game

Talking about Sokoban game, Game development, HTML5, Javascript and Phaser.

About one year ago I made a quick 80 levels Sokoban game with PuzzleScript.

I also ported it to iOS (download it! It’s free!) where it was played with some people who found it one of the most difficult free game ever.

Now I am showing you how to make an HTML5 Sokoban game using Phaser.

First, let’s have a look at tht game we are going to create starting from this sprite sheet:

From left to right, respectively from 0 to 6, we have the floor, the wall, the spot where to drop a crate, the crate, the player, the crate over the spot where to drop a crate, and the player over the spot where to drop a crate

You control the player by swiping in the direction you want it to move. Have a try using the mouse:

If you have a mobile device, play it from this link

As usual, making games with Phaser is always fun an quick, as you can see from the fully commented source code:

window.onload = function() {
	
	// game definition, 320x320
	var game = new Phaser.Game(320,320,Phaser.CANVAS,"",{preload:onPreload, create:onCreate});                
	
	// constants with game elements
	var EMPTY = 0;
     var WALL = 1;
     var SPOT = 2;
     var CRATE = 3;
     var PLAYER = 4;
     // according to these values, the crate on the spot = CRATE+SPOT = 5 and the player on the spot = PLAYER+SPOT = 6
	
	// sokoban level, using hardcoded values rather than constants to save time, shame on me :) 
	var level = [[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1],[1,0,0,1,1,1,1,1],[1,0,0,1,1,1,1,1],[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1],[1,1,4,2,1,3,0,1],[1,0,0,0,1,0,0,1],[1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1],[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]];
	
	// array which will contain all crates
	var crates = [];
	
	// size of a tile, in pixels
     var tileSize = 40;
     
     // the player! Yeah!
     var player;
     
     // variables used to detect and manage swipes
     var startX;
     var startY;
     var endX;
     var endY;

     // first function to be called, when the game preloads I am loading the sprite sheet with all game tiles
	function onPreload() {
		game.load.spritesheet("tiles","tiles.png",40,40);
	}

	// function to scale up the game to full screen
	function goFullScreen(){
		game.scale.pageAlignHorizontally = true;
		game.scale.pageAlignVertically = true;
		game.scale.scaleMode = Phaser.ScaleManager.SHOW_ALL;
		game.scale.setScreenSize(true);
	}

	// function to be called when the game has been created
	function onCreate() {
		// going full screen with the function defined at line 32
		goFullScreen();
          // adding two groups to the game. The fist group is called fixedGroup, it will contain
          // all non-moveable elements (everything but crates and player).
          // Then we add movingGroup which will contain moveable elements (crates and player)
          var fixedGroup = game.add.group();
          var movingGroup = game.add.group();
          // variable used for tile creation
          var tile
          // looping trough all level rows
		for(var i=0;i<level.length;i++){
			// creation of 2nd dimension of crates array
               crates[i]= [];
               // looping through all level columns
			for(var j=0;j<level[i].length;j++){
				// by default, there are no crates at current level position, so we set to null its
				// array entry
                    crates[i][j] = null;
                    // what do we have at row j, col i?
				switch(level[j][i]){
                         case PLAYER:
                         case PLAYER+SPOT:
                         	// player creation
                              player = game.add.sprite(40*i,40*j,"tiles");
                              // assigning the player the proper frame
						player.frame = level[j][i];
                              // creation of two custom attributes to store player x and y position
                              player.posX = i;
                              player.posY = j;
                              // adding the player to movingGroup
                              movingGroup.add(player);
                              // since the player is on the floor, I am also creating the floor tile
                              tile = game.add.sprite(40*i,40*j,"tiles");
				          tile.frame = level[j][i]-PLAYER;
				          // floor does not move so I am adding it to fixedGroup
                              fixedGroup.add(tile);
                              break;
                         case CRATE:
                         case CRATE+SPOT:
                         	// crate creation, both as a sprite and as a crates array item
                              crates[j][i] = game.add.sprite(40*i,40*j,"tiles");
                              // assigning the crate the proper frame
                              crates[j][i].frame = level[j][i];
                              // adding the crate to movingGroup
                              movingGroup.add(crates[j][i]);
                              // since the create is on the floow, I am also creating the floor tile
                              tile = game.add.sprite(40*i,40*j,"tiles");
				          tile.frame = level[j][i]-CRATE;
				          // floor does not move so I am adding it to fixedGroup
                              fixedGroup.add(tile);                              
                              break;
                         default:
                         	// creation of a simple tile
                              tile = game.add.sprite(40*i,40*j,"tiles");
				          tile.frame = level[j][i];
                              fixedGroup.add(tile);
                    }
			}
		}
		// once the level has been created, we wait for the player to touch or click, then we call
		// beginSwipe function
		game.input.onDown.add(beginSwipe, this);		
	}
	
	// when the player begins to swipe we only save mouse/finger coordinates, remove the touch/click
	// input listener and add a new listener to be fired when the mouse/finger has been released,
	// then we call endSwipe function
	function beginSwipe(){
		startX = game.input.worldX;
		startY = game.input.worldY;
		game.input.onDown.remove(beginSwipe);
     	game.input.onUp.add(endSwipe);
	}
	
	// function to be called when the player releases the mouse/finger
	function endSwipe(){
		// saving mouse/finger coordinates
		endX = game.input.worldX;
		endY = game.input.worldY;
		// determining x and y distance travelled by mouse/finger from the start
		// of the swipe until the end
		var distX = startX-endX;
		var distY = startY-endY;
		// in order to have an horizontal swipe, we need that x distance is at least twice the y distance
		// and the amount of horizontal distance is at least 10 pixels
		if(Math.abs(distX)>Math.abs(distY)*2 && Math.abs(distX)>10){
			// moving left, calling move function with horizontal and vertical tiles to move as arguments
			if(distX>0){
                    move(-1,0);
               }
               // moving right, calling move function with horizontal and vertical tiles to move as arguments
               else{
                    move(1,0);
               }
		}
		// in order to have a vertical swipe, we need that y distance is at least twice the x distance
		// and the amount of vertical distance is at least 10 pixels
		if(Math.abs(distY)>Math.abs(distX)*2 && Math.abs(distY)>10){
			// moving up, calling move function with horizontal and vertical tiles to move as arguments
			if(distY>0){
                    move(0,-1);
               }
               // moving down, calling move function with horizontal and vertical tiles to move as arguments
               else{
                    move(0,1);
               }
		}	
		// stop listening for the player to release finger/mouse, let's start listening for the player to click/touch
		game.input.onDown.add(beginSwipe);
     	game.input.onUp.remove(endSwipe);
	}
     
     // function to move the player
     function move(deltaX,deltaY){
     	// if destination tile is walkable...
          if(isWalkable(player.posX+deltaX,player.posY+deltaY)){
               // ...then move the player and exit the function
			movePlayer(deltaX,deltaY);
			return;
          }
          // if the destination tile is a crate... 
          if(isCrate(player.posX+deltaX,player.posY+deltaY)){
          	// ...if  after the create there's a walkable tils...
               if(isWalkable(player.posX+2*deltaX,player.posY+2*deltaY)){
               	// move the crate
                    moveCrate(deltaX,deltaY);
				// move the player	
				movePlayer(deltaX,deltaY);			  
               }
          }
     }
     
     // a tile is walkable when it's an empty tile or a spot tile
     function isWalkable(posX,posY){
		return level[posY][posX] == EMPTY || level[posY][posX] == SPOT;
	}
	
	// a tile is a crate when it's a... guess what? crate, or it's a crate on its spot
	function isCrate(posX,posY){
		return level[posY][posX] == CRATE || level[posY][posX] == CRATE+SPOT;
	}
	
	// function to move the player
	function movePlayer(deltaX,deltaY){
		// moving with a 1/10s tween
		var playerTween =game.add.tween(player);
		playerTween.to({
			x:player.x+deltaX*tileSize,
			y:player.y + deltaY*tileSize
		}, 100, Phaser.Easing.Linear.None,true); 
		// updating player old position in level array   
          level[player.posY][player.posX]-=PLAYER;  
          // updating player custom posX and posY attributes
          player.posX+=deltaX;
          player.posY+=deltaY;
          // updating player new position in level array 
          level[player.posY][player.posX]+=PLAYER;  
		// changing player frame accordingly  
          player.frame = level[player.posY][player.posX];
	}
	
	// function to move the crate
	function moveCrate(deltaX,deltaY){
		// moving with a 1/10s tween
		var crateTween =game.add.tween(crates[player.posY+deltaY][player.posX+deltaX]);
		crateTween.to({
			x:crates[player.posY+deltaY][player.posX+deltaX].x+deltaX*tileSize,
			y:crates[player.posY+deltaY][player.posX+deltaX].y+deltaY*tileSize,
		}, 100, Phaser.Easing.Linear.None,true);
		// updating crates array   
          crates[player.posY+2*deltaY][player.posX+2*deltaX]=crates[player.posY+deltaY][player.posX+deltaX];
          crates[player.posY+deltaY][player.posX+deltaX]=null;
          // updating crate old position in level array  
          level[player.posY+deltaY][player.posX+deltaX]-=CRATE;
          // updating crate new position in level array  
     	level[player.posY+2*deltaY][player.posX+2*deltaX]+=CRATE;
     	// changing crate frame accordingly  
     	crates[player.posY+2*deltaY][player.posX+2*deltaX].frame=level[player.posY+2*deltaY][player.posX+2*deltaX];
	}
	
}

Can you solve the level? I also can show you how to turn this in a complete game if I receive good feedback. Meanwhile, download the source code of the entire project.

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