Okay, so I wanted to make a simple volleyball web game. I didn’t even know where to start, but I had this idea in my head and I just went for it.
First, I doodled some basic stick figures on a piece of paper just to get a rough idea of what I wanted. I knew I needed two players, a net, and a ball. That was my starting point. It took me a while to learn how to build it. And I started to search for something to help me with it.
Then, I started messing around with HTML. I created a canvas element. That’s like a blank slate where you can draw stuff using JavaScript. It was tricky, and the code got messy, but I did it.
- Drew a rectangle for the court.
- Added a line in the middle for the net.
- Made little circles for the players.
Next up, I needed to make the players move. I wrote a bunch of JavaScript to handle keyboard inputs. When you press the left arrow, the left player moves left. When you press right, they move right. It was a lot of trial and error, believe me. It was so hard but I did not give up. I kept trying.
Then came the ball. I drew a circle for the ball and wrote more code to make it bounce around. I had to figure out the physics and stuff. It was tough, but I eventually got it to bounce realistically. But the ball could not move to the opposite side. I tried to figure it out for a long time, but I failed.
After that, I wanted the players to be able to hit the ball. I added more code so that when the ball gets close to a player and you press a certain key, the player “hits” the ball back up. Man, it finally could move to the opposite side. It was cool.
I also added some basic scoring. Every time the ball hits the ground, the other player scores a point. Simple, right? I displayed the score at the top of the screen.
Finally, I added a “Game Over” message that pops up when a player reaches a certain score. It’s not much, but it’s a complete game loop. You can actually play it.
It’s a super basic game, but I made it from scratch. I’m pretty proud of it. It’s not perfect, the code is probably a mess, and it could definitely use some more features. But hey, I did it! And it’s kind of fun to play.
