Creating the Player

In this section you will be introduced to Crafty JS, creating our base player and making it be able to jump and be affected by a form of gravity.

1. Introduction to Crafty - Here we introduce you to Crafty JS and entities
2. Drawing the Player - In this lesson you will draw the player's avatar using an entity
3. Creating the Player's Movement System - Here we consider the types of movement that a player will undergo in our game
4. Keeping Track of the Players Motion - You will set up some variables which will keep track of and affect player movement
5. Introduction to Game Loops - This section introduces you to game loops within games engines and frameworks, as well as Craftys own version
6. Updating the Player's Position and Velocity - Here you will use the game loop to make a gravitational force act on your player and then move the player based on their speed
7. Letting the Player "flap" - In this lesson you'll introduce keyboard interaction and allow the player to affect the game
8. Refactoring! - Here you'll modify some existing code and learn a little about refactoring