Emo8
An unique functional 2D game engine that can create games with only emoji.
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This Library Is For Someone Who...
- Thinks only emoji is interesting!
- Wants to share the game easily
- Wants to write a clear program using PureScript
Why Emoji?
- Familiar materials that can be used anywhere
- Create games like assembling LEGO blocks
- Interesting that there are restrictions like PICO-8
Why PureScript?
| Language abstraction | Distributability | |
|---|---|---|
| PureScript | โ | โ |
| Haskell | โ | โณ โป1 |
| Elm | โณ โป2 | โ |
- โป1: Hard to convert into JavaScript
- โป2: No type classes
Feature
| Screen Size | Variable 256px~1024px๏ผreasonable๏ผ |
| Background Color | 140 colors๏ผHTML named colors๏ผ |
| Material | Unicode Emoji v13.0 ๏ผSingle code point only๏ผ |
| Controller | 8 buttons๏ผup down left bottom ร2๏ผ |
| Map | Map made of Emoji |
| Sound | Sound made of Emoji |
| Language | PureScript |
| Output File Volume | ~1MB๏ผreasonable๏ผ |
| Frame Rate | About 60 FPS๏ผrequestAnimationFrame๏ผ |
| Operating Environment | Web browser |
Controller
Keyboard Input
/ยฏยฏยฏ\_/ยฏยฏยฏ\
| W | โ |
| A D | โ โ |
| S | โ |
\___/ยฏ\___/
Screen Swipe
|ยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏ|ยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏยฏ|
| ๐ | ๐ |
| ๐ ๐ | ๐ ๐ |
| ๐ | ๐ |
|________|________|
Resource Editor
Map
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Sound
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Manual
Sample Program
See example for the implementation.
yarn
Output File
yarn bundle:example
open dist/example/hello/index.html
open dist/example/basic/index.html
open dist/example/emodius/index.html
Development
yarn build
yarn dev
Known Issue
- emoji rotate (45ยฐ, 135ยฐ, 225ยฐ, 315ยฐ) problem on canvas Why won't emojis render when rotated to 45 (or 315) degrees?