Project Description

This project consists in the creation of a browser-based game using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM manipulation, and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).

This is a remake of the first game I ever played, back in the 80’s. Paperboy. I wanted to make a simple browser version, where the player "shoots" the newspaper and avoid cars and rocks. But still keeping some of the arcade from the 80's nostalgia.

Technical Requirements

• Render a game in the browser.
• Have logic for winning and/or losing and show feedback to the player in either case:
• The game must have logic that allows the player to win or lose.
• The game code must be organized in separate files for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Use plain JavaScript for DOM manipulation.
• The game entities and elements must be organized using classes and OOP.

The Game (Paperboy, released 1985)

Paperboy is an arcade action game developed and published by Atari Games, released in 1985. The player controls a paperboy on a bicycle delivering newspapers along a suburban street. The player attempts to deliver a week of daily newspapers to subscribing customers, attempts to vandalize non-subscribers' homes, and must avoid hazards along the street. Subscribers are lost by missing a delivery or damaging a subscriber's house. If the player loses all of their lives, or runs out of subscribers, the game ends.

Project Planning

• Player Movement: Implement basic player movement controls for driving the bike on the game canvas.
• Obstacles: Introduce obstacles (cars and rocks) that the player needs to avoid while riding the bike.
• User Input: Handle user input for controlling the bike's movement and allowing the player to throw newspapers.
• Game State: Keep track of the player's position, the position of obstacles, and the score.
• Rendering: Render the game elements on the web page using the HTML canvas and update the display based on the game state.
• Extra: Add sounds, add a timer, styling to look like an arcade game from the 80's. Make it cute :)

How to play

Use the arrows to control Paperboy. Press the spacebar to throw newspapers.

You must hit the postbox with the newspaper.

Play the Game

Screenshoots

Play the Game