3D Game Programming

river-rafting game, 185 ,

188 , 197 , 200–205

sound effects, 105

<script> tags, using, 86

semicolons

and functions, 54

errors, 19

setLinearVelocity(), 197

setTimeout(), 139 , 155–156

shadow boxes, 188

shadowMapEnabled attribute, 113

shadows

cameras and, 188

lights and, 113 , 148 , 187

tilt-a-board game, 147 ,

149

shakeTree(), 102

shapes

creating avatars, 26–32

creating simple, 1–15,

217

pulling corners, 193

warping, 189–193

shininess, 111–113

showing code, 5

sine

JavaScript function, 71–

72

jumping animation in

fruit-hunt game, 104

river creation, 193

solar-system animation,

119

walking animation, 62

wiggling animation in

fruit-hunt game, 102

sizing

camera aspect ratio, 87

code for web posting, 214

spheres, 4

web browser screen, 88

skeleton functions, 190

skipping code with if, 74 , 76

slashes

commenting with, 69

division with, 70

slipperiness, 169

smoothing, shapes, 5

solar-system projects

moon phases, 125–132,

243–245

orbit simulation, 117–

123 , 241–243

sounds

about, 277

cave-puzzle game, 183

fruit-hunt game, 100 ,

105

Sounds.js library, about,

105 , 277 , see also sounds

space bar

jumping with, 103

pushing raft with, 198

space simulations

orthographic camera, 91

phases of the moon, 125–

132 , 243–245

solar-system project,

117–123, 241–243

specular attribute, 112

speed

limiting in cave-puzzle

game, 170

phases of the moon, 129

purple fruit monster

game, 138

resetting in river-rafting

game, 197

speed variable, 129

spelling, error messages, 21

SphereGeometry(), 164

spheres

creating, 3–6

creating avatars, 26–32

debugging example, 21–

23

spinAvatar(), 83

spinning

animation for avatar, 82–

84

animation for shapes, 14

animation in fruit-hunt

game, 105

donut, 115

ramps for cave-puzzle

game, 173

splicing lists, 204

splitting code, 179

spot lights, 148

square brackets, listing with,

77

stalactites, 182

stalagmites, 182

Star Trek II: The Wrath of

Khan, 95

Star Wars, 160

stars

solar-system project, 120

tilt-a-board game, 155

startGame(), 198

starter code, 85–91

starting

cartwheel and flipping

animations, 39

games over, 138 , 143 ,

149 , 154 , 196

river-rafting game, 196

spinning animation, 83

walking animation, 64

stopping

cartwheel and flipping

animations, 39

cave-puzzle game, 174

in collision avoidance, 97

game-over check, 138 ,

200

phases-of-the-moon sim-

ulation, 129–130

river-rafting game, 198

spinning animation, 83

walking animation, 64

strings

closing quotes, 54 , 68

defined, 54

joining, 73

subtraction, 69

sun in solar-system project,

118–123

sunlight

river-rafting game, 187

shadows example, 114

shininess example, 112

swinging hands and feet, 60–

63

switching, cameras, 122 , 130

T

tangent, 71

thingsOnCurrentLevel(), 180

third-quarter moon, 131

this keyword, 161–162, 173 ,

180

three-dimensional games and

objects, see 3D

Three.js, about, 22 , 273

tilt(), 152

tilt-a-board game, 145–157,

249–253

time variable, 129

timers

animation, 61 , 115 , 119

cave-puzzle game, 174 ,

181

multilevel games, 181

Index • 286

Prepared exclusively for Michael Powell