Status Defender

Defender type game played in the status bar. Works in Chrome, FF, Safari & IE9, maybe more.

by nilloc

HTML

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JavaScript

var base = "/#",
    bullets = [],
    bullet_top = "¯",
    bullet_mid = "-",
    bullet_btm = "_",
    checking = false,
    enemies = [],
    enemy_top = "°",
    enemy_mid = "•",
    enemy_btm = "˛",
    position = 1,
    score, ship = "›=»",
    startPosition = {},
    threshold = 30,
    wiggle = false;

var bullet_pos = [bullet_top, bullet_mid, bullet_btm],
    enemy_pos = [enemy_top, enemy_mid, enemy_btm];

$statusMsg = $('<a href="http://something"/>').click(function(evt) {
    var something = true;
    console.log('pew pew pew');
    evt.stopPropagation();
    return false;
}).css("border", "1px dotted red");


$statusMsg.css({
    display: 'block',
    position: 'absolute',
    height: 20,
    width: 20,
    cursor: 'default'
});

$('body').append($statusMsg);

$(window).mousemove(function(evt) {
    // follow the mouse with our custom link
    $statusMsg.css({
        top: evt.pageY - 10,
        left: evt.pageX - 10
    });

    // checks to see if the mouse has moved enough to change ship positions
    if (!checking) {
        startPosition.x = evt.pageX;
        startPosition.y = evt.pageY;
        checking = true;
        console.log('position', position);
    }
    if (checking) {
        if (startPosition.y - evt.pageY > threshold) {
            if (position - 1 >= 0) {
                position--;
            }
            checking = false;
        }
        if (startPosition.y - evt.pageY < -threshold) {
            if (position + 1 <= 2) {
                position++;
            }
            checking = false;
        }
    }
}).mouseenter(function(evt) {
    $statusMsg.attr('href', 'http://dfndr://#›=»¯          -_-¯˛°•°');
});

// Game Logic


function game() {
    bullets.unshift(bullet_pos[position]);
    bullets = bullets.slice(0, 60);
    //enemies = enemies.slice(0,30);
    $statusMsg.attr('href', base + ship + bullets.join(""));
        
    wiggle = !wiggle;
    var newOffset = (wiggle)? "block" : "none";
    // kinda worked in...