Panda.js pro tips

[enpu]

I will collect some Panda.js pro tips here.

 

Here is few to start:

 

Screenshot

When using Canvas renderer, really handy way to get screenshot is to type this into console:

game.system.canvas.toDataURL();

Tween fast forward

If you want to fast forward your tween to end:

tween.currentTime = tween.startTime + tween.duration;

[Legomite]

Hey Enpu, the youtube channel for Panda posted a video about a game made on platformer. It was awesome, but why did you remove the video?

[enpu]

You mean Kuru Panda? There is a new video here: http://www.kurupanda.com

[enpu]

Change main timer speed

This can be used example for nice slowmotion effects:

// Slow down to 50%game.Timer.speedFactor = 0.5;// Speed up to 200%game.Timer.speedFactor = 2;// Back to normal speedgame.Timer.speedFactor = 1;

[hamdirizal]

Wow, this is great. Waiting for more.
And, I think you should pin this post Enpu.

[Legomite]

You mean Kuru Panda? There is a new video here: http://www.kurupanda.com

Awesome! DId you use Bamboo? The one on github does not work for me.

[enpu]

No i'm using Tiled for that one. Bamboo is still under heavy development, so you can expect bugs and lot of things changing.

I would not recommend to use it yet, sorry.

[enpu]

@hamdirizal Thanks! It's now pinned

[OttoRobba]

This one is super simple and most already know but if you append

?debug

to the url of your game, you get an fps and object counter, along with bounding boxes and whatnot.

[hamdirizal]

This one is super simple and most already know but if you append

?debug

to the url of your game, you get an fps and object counter, along with bounding boxes and whatnot.

 

 

Actually you need to append 

?debugdraw

 to view the bounding box and hit areas.

[OttoRobba]

Actually you need to append 

?debugdraw

 to view the bounding box and hit areas.

 

True! Thanks for the correction

[enpu]

New in 1.12

 

Debugging slow framerate.

 

Sometimes, specially when using physics, it's important to see how your game works on slower frame rates.

This can be done using game.System.frameRate, example config:

system: {    frameRate: 30}

Normally objects move using delta time, so if your frame rate drops, objects move in bigger steps, to keep moving speed in sync.

You can adjust game.Timer.minFPS to change when objects start to slow down, so they don't take too big steps (default is 20).

timer: {    minFPS: 40}