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Haxe Game Development Essentials: Create games on multiple platforms from a single codebase using Haxe and the HaxeFlixel engine

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Haxe Game Development Essentials

Chapter 2. Building a New Game

In this chapter, we're going to start building our game. We'll start by exploring some of the fundamental Haxe syntaxes that we'll be using. After this, we'll make a new HaxeFlixel project, make a few changes, and work on getting some simple gameplay in place that will serve as the base to build on.

Here's a rundown of the sections in this chapter:

  • The Haxe syntax
  • Setting up a new HaxeFlixel project
  • Adding the background and basic UI
  • Making enemies
  • Instantiating enemies and adding interaction
  • Creating the end screen
  • Restarting the level
  • Implementing the game timer

The Haxe syntax

Haxe is a very easy language to learn, so we'll be go over the basic syntax now and build on what we know as the book progresses.

At its core, Haxe contains all of the same things you find in other languages: variables, data types, data structures, access modifiers, functions (also known as methods), and expressions.

Haxe is also an object-oriented language, so you will see classes, inheritance, and polymorphism.

Data types and structures

The basic data types in Haxe are Bool, Float, Int, and so on.

Those data types are considered basic because they are simple pieces of data that aren't represented by a class. There are many data types and structures that are important and are represented by a class. They are explained here.

Operators

Haxe has a number of operators that are used to perform math equations, concatenation, and comparison. Let's go over the most common ones.

Access modifiers

Variables, classes, and functions can all be given an access modifier to determine...

Setting up a new HaxeFlixel project

Now that we've gone over the basics of the Haxe language, we'll start working on the foundation of our game. The game we're going to make is a side scrolling space shooter similar to games like R-Type or Gradius. It will be much simpler than those games, but by the end of this book you will have the skills you need to take the game to that level of complexity.

To keep the game fun, we'll add a goofy twist: you'll control a walrus with a raygun and a jetpack, and your enemies will be rocket-powered space cats. We'll name this game Star Walrus!

To start, we're going to keep it simple and have enemies that spawn in that you click on to increase your score until a timer runs out. This will help with learning the fundamentals.

Creating the new project

Like in our Hello World example, we'll start by making a new project using the command line. So, open up a command or terminal window, navigate to the folder that you want...

Adding a background and basic UI

We're going to start by adding a background, and two text fields to display the score and game time to the player. Open up PlayState.hx, and we'll add some variables.

Inside the class, add the following variables:

private var background:FlxSprite;
private var txtScore:FlxText;
private var txtTime:FlxText;

The background is a FlxSprite object. It is used when you want to display an art asset or a shape drawn by HaxeFlixel. The txtScore and txtTime variables are FlxText objects, and as the name implies, they're used to display text.

After this, go inside the create function and add the following underneath super.create():

background = new FlxSprite();
background.loadGraphic(AssetPaths.gameBackground__png);
add(background);

In those lines, we are creating a new FlxSprite instance in the background variable, loading our background image using the AssetPaths class, and then using the add function to add the background to PlayState. The add function is...

Making enemies

Next, we'll start making our enemies, and then we'll add them to the screen. To do this, we'll make a new class that will handle displaying our enemies. They will appear at random places on the screen after random time intervals.

Creating the enemy class

If you're using FlashDevelop, you can create a class by right-clicking on the source folder and going to Add | New Class. Then, name it Enemy and set its base class to FlxSprite.

If you're using Sublime Text, you can make a new class by going to File | New File and saving the file under the source folder as Enemy.hx.

FlashDevelop will create part of the class for you. In Sublime Text, you'll have to add most of the class by hand. For FlashDevelop, remove source from the package section. We're not going to use packages for classes that sit directly under the source folder.

Your class should look like this:

package;

import flixel.util.FlxTimer;
import flixel.FlxSprite;
import AssetPaths;

class...

Instantiating enemies and adding interaction

Next, we'll go back to PlayState and create instances of our enemies, and then make enemies disappear when they're clicked. Finally, we'll then add to our score every time the player clicks on an enemy.

Adding new imports

Before adding functionality, we'll need to import some more classes we'll be using in PlayState:

import flixel.plugin.MouseEventManager;
import flixel.FlxObject;
import flixel.util.FlxTimer;

Adding variables

Next, we'll add the new variables we'll need to track:

  private var numEnemies:Int = 20;
  private var score:Int = 0;
  private var enemyPointValue:Int = 155;
  private var enemies:Array<Enemy>;

These variables are pretty straightforward: numEnemies is the number of enemies we'll spawn in the game, score is the player's current score, and enemyPointValue is the number of points that will be added to your score each time an enemy is clicked. Finally, enemies is an array that will...

The Haxe syntax

Haxe is a very easy language to learn, so we'll be go over the basic syntax now and build on what we know as the book progresses.

At its core, Haxe contains all of the same things you find in other languages: variables, data types, data structures, access modifiers, functions (also known as methods), and expressions.

Haxe is also an object-oriented language, so you will see classes, inheritance, and polymorphism.

Data types and structures

The basic data types in Haxe are Bool, Float, Int, and so on.

Those data types are considered basic because they are simple pieces of data that aren't represented by a class. There are many data types and structures that are important and are represented by a class. They are explained here.

Operators

Haxe has a number of operators that are used to perform math equations, concatenation, and comparison. Let's go over the most common ones.

Access modifiers

Variables, classes, and functions can all be given an access modifier to determine how they can...

Setting up a new HaxeFlixel project

Now that we've gone over the basics of the Haxe language, we'll start working on the foundation of our game. The game we're going to make is a side scrolling space shooter similar to games like R-Type or Gradius. It will be much simpler than those games, but by the end of this book you will have the skills you need to take the game to that level of complexity.

To keep the game fun, we'll add a goofy twist: you'll control a walrus with a raygun and a jetpack, and your enemies will be rocket-powered space cats. We'll name this game Star Walrus!

To start, we're going to keep it simple and have enemies that spawn in that you click on to increase your score until a timer runs out. This will help with learning the fundamentals.

Creating the new project

Like in our Hello World example, we'll start by making a new project using the command line. So, open up a command or terminal window, navigate to the folder that you want game's folder to be in, and type in this...

Adding a background and basic UI

We're going to start by adding a background, and two text fields to display the score and game time to the player. Open up PlayState.hx, and we'll add some variables.

Inside the class, add the following variables:

private var background:FlxSprite;
private var txtScore:FlxText;
private var txtTime:FlxText;

The background is a FlxSprite object. It is used when you want to display an art asset or a shape drawn by HaxeFlixel. The txtScore and txtTime variables are FlxText objects, and as the name implies, they're used to display text.

After this, go inside the create function and add the following underneath super.create():

background = new FlxSprite();
background.loadGraphic(AssetPaths.gameBackground__png);
add(background);

In those lines, we are creating a new FlxSprite instance in the background variable, loading our background image using the AssetPaths class, and then using the add function to add the background to PlayState. The add function is inherited from...

Making enemies

Next, we'll start making our enemies, and then we'll add them to the screen. To do this, we'll make a new class that will handle displaying our enemies. They will appear at random places on the screen after random time intervals.

Creating the enemy class

If you're using FlashDevelop, you can create a class by right-clicking on the source folder and going to Add | New Class. Then, name it Enemy and set its base class to FlxSprite.

If you're using Sublime Text, you can make a new class by going to File | New File and saving the file under the source folder as Enemy.hx.

FlashDevelop will create part of the class for you. In Sublime Text, you'll have to add most of the class by hand. For FlashDevelop, remove source from the package section. We're not going to use packages for classes that sit directly under the source folder.

Your class should look like this:

package;

import flixel.util.FlxTimer;
import flixel.FlxSprite;
import AssetPaths;

class Enemy extends FlxSprite
{

  public...
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Key benefits

  • Learn the modern, cross-platform language Haxe to build games without any trouble
  • Create engaging 2D games that are compatible with desktop, web, and mobile platforms
  • Learn how to speed up your workflow with OpenFL and HaxeFlixel using this useful and compact guide

Description

Haxe is a powerful and high-level multi-platform language that's incredibly easy to learn. Used by thousands of developers and many high-profile companies, Haxe is quickly emerging as a forerunner in the area of cross-platform programming. OpenFL builds on top of Haxe to make developing for multiple platforms quick and painless. HaxeFlixel provides you with the tools you need to build amazing 2D games easier than ever before. Cross-platform development has been supercharged using the Haxe programming language, making it increasingly easy and hassle-free to develop multi-platform games. If you've programmed games before and want to learn out how to deliver games across multiple platforms, or develop games faster, then Haxe Game Development Essentials is the book for you. It starts by showing you how to set up your development environment, then running you through some Haxe language fundamentals, and finally taking you through the process of programming a game from start to finish. You will learn how to create a side scrolling shooter game using HaxeFlixel. Next you will learn to enhance the game with new gameplay features, user interfaces, animations, sound, and configuration files to make your game expandable. Once your game is built and ready, you will learn how to deploy it to web, Android, iOS, and desktop systems. By the end of this book, you will be confident about creating multi-platform games using Haxe, OpenFL, and HaxeFlixel in a faster and easier way.

Who is this book for?

This book is for game developers with some experience programming games on one or more platforms already. If you want to leverage your game development experience on one platform to develop for multiple platforms and to get up and running quickly, this book is for you. Having prior experience with a language similar to Haxe, such as ActionScript or JavaScript will help, but isn't required.

What you will learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of the Haxe programming language
  • Set up a development environment that will work on Windows, Mac, and Linux
  • Create fun 2D games using OpenFL and HaxeFlixel
  • Understand how to implement a user interface
  • Enhance the gameplay experience with cool animations
  • Improve immersion by adding sound
  • Make your game modular and easily expandable using configuration files
  • Compile games that will work on desktop, web, and mobile platforms
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What's Haxe?
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Hello World
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2. Building a New Game
The Haxe syntax
Setting up a new HaxeFlixel project
Adding a background and basic UI
Making enemies
Instantiating enemies and adding interaction
Creating the end screen
Restarting the level
Implementing the game timer
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Adding new assets
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Updating the level end screen
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4. Delving into Animations and Gameplay
Object pooling
Project updates
Creating the explosion effects
Making muzzle flashes
Updating enemies
Creating projectiles
Making the player character
Setting health on the HUD
Adding everything to PlayState
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5. Adding Sound
Project updates
Creating sound constants
Building the sound manager class
Adding music
Adding menu sounds
Adding gameplay sounds
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6. Working with Configuration Files
JSON versus XML
Project updates
Understanding the JSON configuration file
Building the enemy spawner
Spawning enemies
Adding movement patterns to enemies
Updating PlayState
Understanding the XML file
Pulling string data from XML
Replacing strings
Updating LevelEndScreen
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7. Deploying to Multiple Platforms
Building for Flash
Building for Windows
Building for OS X
Building for Android
Building for iOS
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It was useful... was hoping for a bit more content, but the title only claimed to have the essentials so no complaint there.May have been better if it briefly covered some of those often sought game dev topics, such as... how one might implement an Isometric view or do Ray Casting... but again, not really the scope of the book I suppose.The mere fact that this is about the only up-to-date game development book targeting HaXe makes it really valueable.
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Well, after much thought I pulled the trigger and bought this book. I had been learning Haxe and Flixel for the past few months prior to buying it thinking it might shed some light on some best practices, etc. In summary, it's an OK book for the absolute beginner, and all of the material found in the book is easily accessible online in blogs and official demos, etc. so when a book like this comes out, I would expect to find some gems and deeper developer insight. It did present the material in a clear fashion however, and I used it for some of the object recycling tasks I was implementing. But overall, I won't really touch this book again, and now that HaxeFlixel 4.x is out, this book is largely obsolete (because of the major refactoring they have done).
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Trackable delivery to most P. O. Boxes and private residences in Australia within 4-5 days based on the distance to a destination following dispatch.

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Disclaimer:
All orders received before 5 PM U.K time would start printing from the next business day. So the estimated delivery times start from the next day as well. Orders received after 5 PM U.K time (in our internal systems) on a business day or anytime on the weekend will begin printing the second to next business day. For example, an order placed at 11 AM today will begin printing tomorrow, whereas an order placed at 9 PM tonight will begin printing the day after tomorrow.


Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. American Samoa
  3. Belarus
  4. Brunei Darussalam
  5. Central African Republic
  6. The Democratic Republic of Congo
  7. Eritrea
  8. Guinea-bissau
  9. Iran
  10. Lebanon
  11. Libiya Arab Jamahriya
  12. Somalia
  13. Sudan
  14. Russian Federation
  15. Syrian Arab Republic
  16. Ukraine
  17. Venezuela
What is custom duty/charge? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Customs duty are charges levied on goods when they cross international borders. It is a tax that is imposed on imported goods. These duties are charged by special authorities and bodies created by local governments and are meant to protect local industries, economies, and businesses.

Do I have to pay customs charges for the print book order? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

The orders shipped to the countries that are listed under EU27 will not bear custom charges. They are paid by Packt as part of the order.

List of EU27 countries: www.gov.uk/eu-eea:

A custom duty or localized taxes may be applicable on the shipment and would be charged by the recipient country outside of the EU27 which should be paid by the customer and these duties are not included in the shipping charges been charged on the order.

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The amount of duty payable varies greatly depending on the imported goods, the country of origin and several other factors like the total invoice amount or dimensions like weight, and other such criteria applicable in your country.

For example:

  • If you live in Mexico, and the declared value of your ordered items is over $ 50, for you to receive a package, you will have to pay additional import tax of 19% which will be $ 9.50 to the courier service.
  • Whereas if you live in Turkey, and the declared value of your ordered items is over € 22, for you to receive a package, you will have to pay additional import tax of 18% which will be € 3.96 to the courier service.
How can I cancel my order? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Cancellation Policy for Published Printed Books:

You can cancel any order within 1 hour of placing the order. Simply contact customercare@packt.com with your order details or payment transaction id. If your order has already started the shipment process, we will do our best to stop it. However, if it is already on the way to you then when you receive it, you can contact us at customercare@packt.com using the returns and refund process.

Please understand that Packt Publishing cannot provide refunds or cancel any order except for the cases described in our Return Policy (i.e. Packt Publishing agrees to replace your printed book because it arrives damaged or material defect in book), Packt Publishing will not accept returns.

What is your returns and refunds policy? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Return Policy:

We want you to be happy with your purchase from Packtpub.com. We will not hassle you with returning print books to us. If the print book you receive from us is incorrect, damaged, doesn't work or is unacceptably late, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com with the order number and issue details as explained below:

  1. If you ordered (eBook, Video or Print Book) incorrectly or accidentally, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com within one hour of placing the order and we will replace/refund you the item cost.
  2. Sadly, if your eBook or Video file is faulty or a fault occurs during the eBook or Video being made available to you, i.e. during download then you should contact Customer Relations Team within 14 days of purchase on customercare@packt.com who will be able to resolve this issue for you.
  3. You will have a choice of replacement or refund of the problem items.(damaged, defective or incorrect)
  4. Once Customer Care Team confirms that you will be refunded, you should receive the refund within 10 to 12 working days.
  5. If you are only requesting a refund of one book from a multiple order, then we will refund you the appropriate single item.
  6. Where the items were shipped under a free shipping offer, there will be no shipping costs to refund.

On the off chance your printed book arrives damaged, with book material defect, contact our Customer Relation Team on customercare@packt.com within 14 days of receipt of the book with appropriate evidence of damage and we will work with you to secure a replacement copy, if necessary. Please note that each printed book you order from us is individually made by Packt's professional book-printing partner which is on a print-on-demand basis.

What tax is charged? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

Currently, no tax is charged on the purchase of any print book (subject to change based on the laws and regulations). A localized VAT fee is charged only to our European and UK customers on eBooks, Video and subscriptions that they buy. GST is charged to Indian customers for eBooks and video purchases.

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You can pay with the following card types:

  1. Visa Debit
  2. Visa Credit
  3. MasterCard
  4. PayPal
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Shipping Details

USA:

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Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the US within 10-15 business days

Premium: Trackable Delivery to most addresses in the US within 3-8 business days

UK:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 7-9 business days.
Shipments are not trackable

Premium: Trackable delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 3-4 business days!
Add one extra business day for deliveries to Northern Ireland and Scottish Highlands and islands

EU:

Premium: Trackable delivery to most EU destinations within 4-9 business days.

Australia:

Economy: Can deliver to P. O. Boxes and private residences.
Trackable service with delivery to addresses in Australia only.
Delivery time ranges from 7-9 business days for VIC and 8-10 business days for Interstate metro
Delivery time is up to 15 business days for remote areas of WA, NT & QLD.

Premium: Delivery to addresses in Australia only
Trackable delivery to most P. O. Boxes and private residences in Australia within 4-5 days based on the distance to a destination following dispatch.

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Disclaimer:
All orders received before 5 PM U.K time would start printing from the next business day. So the estimated delivery times start from the next day as well. Orders received after 5 PM U.K time (in our internal systems) on a business day or anytime on the weekend will begin printing the second to next business day. For example, an order placed at 11 AM today will begin printing tomorrow, whereas an order placed at 9 PM tonight will begin printing the day after tomorrow.


Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. American Samoa
  3. Belarus
  4. Brunei Darussalam
  5. Central African Republic
  6. The Democratic Republic of Congo
  7. Eritrea
  8. Guinea-bissau
  9. Iran
  10. Lebanon
  11. Libiya Arab Jamahriya
  12. Somalia
  13. Sudan
  14. Russian Federation
  15. Syrian Arab Republic
  16. Ukraine
  17. Venezuela