3D Game Programming

The project home page is https://github.com/eee-c/scoreboard.js.

The Scoreboard.js library supports messages, help text, scoring, an elapsed

timer, and a countdown timer.

Scoreboard Messages

Use messages to provide in-game messages to the game player. If you create

a scoreboard with var scoreboard = new Scoreboard(), the following methods are

available:

• scoreboard.message('your message here')—sets the current scoreboard message.
  This will replace any existing messages. If the message section of the
  scoreboard is not shown already, this will show it.


• scoreboard.addMessage('your message here')—adds more messages to the current
  scoreboard message.


• scoreboard.addMessage('your message here')—adds more messages to the current
  scoreboard message.


• scoreboard.showMessage()—shows the message section of the scoreboard.


• scoreboard.hideMessage()—hides the message section of the scoreboard.


• scoreboard.clearMessage()—erases the message section of the scoreboard.

Help

Scoreboard help provides a way to give instructions to the player without

cluttering up the message section of the scoreboard. Players need to type a

question mark to see the help on the scoreboard.

If you create a scoreboard with var scoreboard = new Scoreboard(), the following

methods are available:

• scoreboard.help('your help instructions here')—sets the scoreboard help. This will
  replace any existing help. If the help section of the scoreboard is not shown
  already, this will show it.


• scoreboard.showHelp()—shows the help section of the scoreboard.


• scoreboard.hideHelp()—hides the help section of the scoreboard.

Scoring

This feature of the scoreboard keeps track of the number of points the player

has earned in the game.

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