Is it possible to have a custom loader on Panda.js

[thiezar]

Hi!
I would like to show a custom loading bar at the beginning of my game. Is this possible in panda.js? How?

[angelkom]

is possible to change the image and the background color but for he loading bar I don't know, maybe with a little js code it is

[enpu]

Here is short example on how to customize loader:

game.Loader.inject({    backgroundColor: 0xcccccc,    initStage: function() {        this.bar = new game.Graphics();        this.bar.beginFill(0xffffff);        this.bar.drawRect(0, 0, 260, 40);        this.bar.position.x = game.system.width / 2 - (260 / 2);        this.bar.position.y = game.system.height / 2 - (40 / 2);        this.bar.scale.x = this.percent / 100;        game.system.stage.addChild(this.bar);    },    onPercentChange: function() {        this.bar.scale.x = this.percent / 100;    }});

I will make that better in next version, so that you can extend your own loader classes.

[thiezar]

Thank you very much!


O.T.:  I just started using Panda.js and even though it lacks some minor feature and a more detailed documentation, I think it could become soon a great engine and one of my favourite of course.
Are you developing it alone?

[enpu]

Yes i'm currently developing it alone.

 

Please tell me what features are you missing, and i will add them to roadmap.

[thiezar]

Uhm well... as I said I just started using panda.js so maybe those features exists yet, but here's what I can find useful:
- Tilemaps
- Camera system
- Animation manager (something like a state machine)
- Fancy WebGL and Canvas effects (color correction, distortion, glowing, glass effect....)
- 2D lighting

About documentation, more details both on the API docs and on the tutorials comments are needed. Plus I can't find documentation on:
- Tiling Sprites
- Asset manager
- Event dispatching

At the moment I'm experiencing an issue with the physics engine:

when a box collides with a box it stops, but when a circle collides with a box it pass through. You can recreate this issue by changing the player's body to a Circle in your flying dog game.

Though I would like to say again I'm very happy of panda.js :-D
 

[angelkom]

Yes he is correct about the bug

[enpu]

Here is list of features that are currently on roadmap:

https://github.com/ekelokorpi/panda.js/issues?labels=feature&page=1&state=open

Feel free to add more.

 

I'm trying to make more documentation/tutorials every day (uploading new screencast just now),

so please be patient or ask if you don't understand something

 

Panda's physics module is very simple and still heavily under development, that's why i'm planning to add p2.js module,

for games that need more advanced physics (like Angry Birds style game etc.).

 

I'm currently working on camera module, with polygons and pathfinding, here is small demo of what's coming:

http://www.pandajs.net/games/camerademo/

What do you think?

[angelkom]

Enpu man you are crazy, can you tell us more about how did you start with html5 where did you learned and how many years by the way great camera

[fuzzee]

Camera demo is very cool. I have so much to learn. I don't even know what to do with half this stuff. Seeing demos makes it more obvious.

Makes me realise how simple my game is going to be.

[thiezar]

Very cool demo. Can't wait to see it officially released.
About the physics engine... well, it is mandatory in a game engine so I'm waiting for p2.js implementation or.... what about box2d? I know there's a js porting