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Now we'll create a 2-dimensional array to hold bricks, use a couple loops to draw the ones that haven't been broken, and make sure to remove bricks when they've been hit.

var bricks;
var NROWS;
var NCOLS;
var BRICKWIDTH;
var BRICKHEIGHT;
var PADDING;

function initbricks() {
  NROWS = 5;
  NCOLS = 5;
  BRICKWIDTH = (WIDTH/NCOLS) - 1;
  BRICKHEIGHT = 15;
  PADDING = 1;

bricks = new Array(NROWS);
  for (i=0; i < NROWS; i++) {
    bricks[i] = new Array(NCOLS);
    for (j=0; j < NCOLS; j++) {
      bricks[i][j] = 1;
    }
  }
}
       
function draw() {
  clear();
  circle(x, y, 10);

if (rightDown) paddlex += 5;
  else if (leftDown) paddlex -= 5;
  rect(paddlex, HEIGHT-paddleh, paddlew, paddleh);

//draw bricks
  for (i=0; i < NROWS; i++) {
    for (j=0; j < NCOLS; j++) {
      if (bricks[i][j] == 1) {
        rect((j * (BRICKWIDTH + PADDING)) + PADDING, 
             (i * (BRICKHEIGHT + PADDING)) + PADDING,
             BRICKWIDTH, BRICKHEIGHT);
      }
    }
  }

//have we hit a brick?
  rowheight = BRICKHEIGHT + PADDING;
  colwidth = BRICKWIDTH + PADDING;
  row = Math.floor(y/rowheight);
  col = Math.floor(x/colwidth);
  //if so, reverse the ball and mark the brick as broken
  if (y < NROWS * rowheight && row >= 0 && col >= 0 && bricks[row][col] == 1) {
    dy = -dy;
    bricks[row][col] = 0;
  }
 
  if (x + dx > WIDTH || x + dx < 0)
    dx = -dx;

if (y + dy < 0)
    dy = -dy;
  else if (y + dy > HEIGHT) {
    if (x > paddlex && x < paddlex + paddlew)
      dy = -dy;
    else
      clearInterval(intervalId);
  }
 
  x += dx;
  y += dy;
}

init();
initbricks();

Try adding code to make the ball bounce in different directions based on where it hits the paddle.

It seems at every step as if what we have is getting closer to being a real game, but that it's never quite there. One thing that's for sure is that this version of the game is ugly; on the next page we'll jazz it up a bit.

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var x = 25;
var y = 250;
var dx = 1.5;
var dy = -4;
var ctx;
var WIDTH;
var HEIGHT;
var paddlex;
var paddleh = 10;
var paddlew = 75;
var rightDown = false;
var leftDown = false;
var canvasMinX = 0;
var canvasMaxX = 0;
var intervalId = 0;

function circle(x,y,r) {
  ctx.beginPath();
  ctx.arc(x, y, r, 0, Math.PI*2, true);
  ctx.closePath();
  ctx.fill();
}

function rect(x,y,w,h) {
  ctx.beginPath();
  ctx.rect(x,y,w,h);
  ctx.closePath();
  ctx.fill();
}

function clear() {
  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
}

function onKeyDown(evt) {
  if (evt.keyCode == 39) rightDown = true;
  else if (evt.keyCode == 37) leftDown = true;
}

function onKeyUp(evt) {
  if (evt.keyCode == 39) rightDown = false;
  else if (evt.keyCode == 37) leftDown = false;
}

$(document).keydown(onKeyDown);
$(document).keyup(onKeyUp);

function onMouseMove(evt) {
  if (evt.pageX > canvasMinX && evt.pageX < canvasMaxX) {
    paddlex = evt.pageX - canvasMinX - (paddlew/2);
  }
}

$(document).mousemove(onMouseMove);

function init() {
  ctx = $('#canvas')[0].getContext("2d");
  WIDTH = $("#canvas").width()
  HEIGHT = $("#canvas").height()
  paddlex = WIDTH / 2;
  canvasMinX = $("#canvas").offset().left;
  canvasMaxX = canvasMinX + WIDTH;
  intervalId = setInterval(draw, 10);
}