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Breakout Game
This recipe demonstrates an RxJS implementation of Breakout game.
Example Code
Breakout Game
index.ts
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// RxJS v6+
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import { fromEvent, of, interval, combineLatest, generate, noop } from 'rxjs';
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import { map, mergeMap, pluck, startWith, scan, toArray, takeWhile, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
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import { gameSize } from './constants';
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import { Player, Ball, GameObject } from './interfaces';
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import { render } from './html-renderer';
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​
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const createGameObject = (x, y) => ({ x, y });
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​
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const player$ = combineLatest(
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of({ ...createGameObject(gameSize - 2, (gameSize / 2) - 1), score: 0, lives: 3 }),
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fromEvent(document, 'keyup').pipe(startWith({ code: '' }), pluck('code'))
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).pipe(
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map(([player, key]) => (
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key === 'ArrowLeft'
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? player.y -= 1
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: key === 'ArrowRight'
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? player.y += 1
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: noop
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, player)
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)
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)
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​
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const ball$ = combineLatest(
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of({ ...createGameObject(gameSize / 2, (gameSize - 3)), dirX: 1, dirY: 1 }),
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interval(150)
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).pipe(
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map(([ball, _]: [Ball, number]) => (
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ball.dirX *= ball.x > 0 ? 1 : -1,
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ball.dirY *= (ball.y > 0 && ball.y < gameSize - 1) ? 1 : -1,
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ball.x += 1 * ball.dirX,
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ball.y -= 1 * ball.dirY,
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ball)
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)
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)
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​
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const bricks$ = generate(1, x => x < 8, x => x + 1)
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.pipe(
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mergeMap(r => generate(r % 2 === 0 ? 1 : 0, x => x < gameSize, x => x + 2)
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.pipe(map(c => createGameObject(r, c)))
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),
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toArray()
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)
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​
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const processGameCollisions = (_, [player, ball, bricks]: [Player, Ball, GameObject[]])
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: [Player, Ball, GameObject[]] => (
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(collidingBrickIndex => collidingBrickIndex > -1
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? (bricks.splice(collidingBrickIndex, 1), ball.dirX *= -1, player.score++)
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: noop
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)(bricks.findIndex(e => e.x === ball.x && e.y === ball.y)),
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ball.dirX *= player.x === ball.x && player.y === ball.y ? -1 : 1,
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ball.x > player.x ? (player.lives-- , ball.x = (gameSize / 2) - 3) : noop,
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[player, ball, bricks]
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)
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​
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combineLatest(player$, ball$, bricks$)
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.pipe(
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scan<[Player, Ball, GameObject[]], [Player, Ball, GameObject[]]>(processGameCollisions),
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tap(render),
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takeWhile(([player]: [Player, Ball, GameObject[]]) => player.lives > 0)
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).subscribe()
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interfaces.ts
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export interface GameObject {
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x: number;
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y: number;
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}
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export interface Player extends GameObject {
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score: number;
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lives: number;
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}
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export interface Ball extends GameObject {
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dirX: number;
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dirY: number;
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}
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constants.ts
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export const gameSize = 20;
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html-renderer.ts
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import { gameSize } from './constants';
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import { Player, Ball, GameObject } from './interfaces';
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​
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const empty = 0;
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const plyer = 1;
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const bll = 2;
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const brick = 3;
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​
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const createElem = col => {
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const elem = document.createElement('div');
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elem.classList.add('board');
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elem.style.display = 'inline-block';
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elem.style.marginLeft = '10px';
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elem.style.height = '6px';
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elem.style.width = '6px';
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elem.style['background-color'] =
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col === empty
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? 'white'
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: col === plyer
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? 'cornflowerblue'
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: col === bll
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? 'gray'
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: 'silver';
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elem.style['border-radius'] = col === bll ? '100%' : '0%';
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return elem;
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};
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​
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export const render = ([player, ball, bricks]: [
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Player,
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Ball,
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GameObject[]
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]) => {
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const game = Array(gameSize)
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.fill(0)
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.map(e => Array(gameSize).fill(0));
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game[player.x][player.y] = plyer;
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game[ball.x][ball.y] = bll;
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bricks.forEach(b => (game[b.x][b.y] = brick));
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​
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document.body.innerHTML = `Score: ${player.score} Lives: ${player.lives} <br/>`;
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game.forEach(r => {
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const rowContainer = document.createElement('div');
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r.forEach(c => rowContainer.appendChild(createElem(c)));
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document.body.appendChild(rowContainer);
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});
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};
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