Build a game with Fable

in 45 minutes

Tomasz Heimowski http://theimowski.com

@theimowski

Agenda

• What
• Why
• Demo
• Q&A

Slides available at

http://theimowski.com/talk-pang-game

These are not goals

• see clean code
• praise functional purity
• understand every line of code
• admire my fast typing

These are the goals

• interop with JS libraries
• use mutability to gain on performance
• see Fable in action
• have fun

Starting point

• Game prototype built by @alfonsogarciacaro
• SAFE Template with Azure App Service and Fable.Remoting
• mainloop.js and matter.js
• Imports/modules: Canvas, Matter, Physics
• Server side for high scores
• Boilerplate to render a player on board

Milestones

1. Move player with buttons
2. Add first ball to board
3. Firing the harpoon
4. Shooting and splitting balls
5. Counting score
6. Handling game over
7. Restart game automatically
8. High scores
9. Ship it!

Thank you

Source code: https://github.com/theimowski/pang-game-test