Coding the Engine
I take an iterative approach to writing this game, adding layers to the game to build and hone it to a working game. With the scaffold out of the way, the first thing I want to do is create some variables that will store the canvas DOM element, as well as create a context for the game. Below the <footer>, add a <script> element with Listing 6–5.
Listing 6–5. Defining the canvas Element
<script>
var canvas = document.getElementById('game');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
</script>
I am placing the script at the bottom of the page to ensure that all the page content loads before the code for the game loads into the browser’s memory. Next, I want to stub out a gameLoop function that will handle all the drawing on the ...
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