https://github.com/ashkyd/superloop

A game loop library to handle both render and game state.
https://github.com/ashkyd/superloop

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A game loop library to handle both render and game state.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ashkyd/superloop
• Owner: AshKyd
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-12-27T13:07:51.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-05-16T14:08:33.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-10T14:48:52.465Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 129 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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superloop

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A game loop library to handle both render and game state.

Traditionally code examples recommend requestAnimationFrame to handle the game

loop, but this falls down because the optimisations to rAF mean it cna stop

firing when a window is minimised or the user is viewing another tab.

For games that need to continue playing, this is unacceptable and can lead to

heartache down the track.

This library uses both requestAnimationFrame with an optimised fallback to the

traditional setTimeout so the game loop continues to fire even when the page

isn't focused.

Usage

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This has barely been tested and isn't production ready yet, so don't use it

unless you're prepared to deal with API changes and fix issues as they arise.

To create a SuperLoop, use the following:

	var myLoop = new SuperLoop({

		ontick: function(){

			// Your tick stuff goes here.

			// (Unit movement, collision detection, housekeeping)

		},

		onrender: function(){

			// Your render stuff goes here.

			// (Drawing to screen)

		}

	});

Tests

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SuperLoop uses Mocha for testing. At the moment there's only the one test, but 

I'm getting to it.