MazeEngine

Javascript and THREE.js game engine made for Windows 95-style maze games. Loosely modeled around Unity3D.

MazeEngine is constructed with an optional pathRoot as an argument. pathRoot must be such that pathRoot + /engine points to the "engine" folder. It defaults to "."

let maze = new MazeEngine({
	pathRoot: "../"
});

Wait for assets to load:

await maze.loadAssets();

Instaniate your "Scene", which will derive from MazeObject. Note that TestScene is the name of the class, not an instance of an object - MazeEngine performs the instantiation. instantiate returns a reference to the instantiated MazeObject.

maze.instantiate(TestScene);

And start it with a reference to a canvas.

maze.start(document.getElementById("canvas"));

MazeObject

Analogous to GameObject, but with its own update loops (like a default MonoBehaviour) but also used for "Scenes". See the scenes under "scene" for examples of this.

export default class TestScene1 extends MazeObject {
	constructor(mazeEngine, args) {

mazeEngine will be a reference to the mazeEngine that's instantiating it, and args can be anything you want, passed as the second argument to instantiate on MazeEngine.instantiate(Class, args). Examples of MazeObject are in the "mazeobject" folder.

MazeScript

Analogous to MonoBehaviour. A script that can be added to any MazeObject. args can be passed similar to on MazeObject.

player = mazeEngine.instantiate(Player, {height: 1.75});
player.addScript(HairJiggler, {bounciness: 100});

Update Loop

Analogous to Unity, but with MazeObject having the same update loop as well as MazeScript.

In order every game loop:

1. all MazeObject.preUpdate
2. all MazeScript.preUpdate
3. all MazeObject.update - note that the base MazeObject.update contains this.lastPosition = this.position.clone();
4. all MazeScript.update
5. all MazeObject.update2
6. all MazeScript.update2
7. all MazeObject.root position/scale/rotation updated according to the properties on the MazeObject
8. all MazeObject.lateUpdate
9. all MazeScript.lateUpdate

Contributors: jimm Yasmin Seidel