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Pokémon JavaScript Game Tutorial
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In this tutorial we will be building a Pokémon-like game using the JavaScript programming language and the Kaboom.js game making library.
Download the assets :
- battleBackground.png : https://github.com/JSLegendDev/Pokemon-like-Game-Made-in-Kaboom.js/blob/master/assets/battleBackground.png
- characters.png : https://axulart.itch.io/microscopic-sprites-axulart
- tiles.png : https://axulart.itch.io/axularts-basicplains-tileset-ver2
Working demo : https://jslegend.itch.io/pokemon-like-tutorial-kaboomjs
Final source code on GitHub : https://github.com/JSLegendDev/Pokemon-like-Game-Made-in-Kaboom.js
Chapters :
0:00 Intro
0:44 Project setup
3:20 Creating Kaboom canvas
7:20 Loading assets for the game
13:05 Creating scenes
16:10 Building the world scene + creating our map
28:12 Creating monsters
32:00 Creating the player and an NPC
33:25 Setting up the camera
38:05 Setting up player movement
43:30 Passing data from one scene to another
47:30 NPC logic
52:15 Implementing battle mechanic + game loop
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