How to create a bubble shooter game using html and javascript

Creating a Bubble Shooter game using HTML and JavaScript involves combining basic web development skills with game logic. Here’s a step-by-step conceptual description of how you’d go about building it:

1. Project Setup

• HTML: Sets up the structure. Use a <canvas> element for drawing the game.
• JavaScript: Handles game logic, rendering, and user interaction.
• CSS (optional): For styling the page or canvas wrapper.

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2. Game Components

• Canvas: The main drawing area.
• Bubbles: Circular objects with colors; they form a grid or cluster at the top.
• Shooter: A bubble launcher at the bottom that fires a new bubble upward.
• Aiming mechanism: Allows the player to aim using mouse movement or touch.
• Collision detection: Checks if the bubble hits other bubbles or walls.
• Match detection: Identifies if three or more bubbles of the same color are connected.
• Bubble removal: Removes matched bubbles and updates the game state.

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3. Game Initialization

• Create a 2D array (or similar data structure) to represent the bubble grid.
• Populate the upper portion of the grid with random-colored bubbles.
• Position the shooter at the bottom center with a randomly chosen bubble color.

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4. Rendering (Drawing the Game)

• Use the canvas API to draw:
  • All bubbles in their grid positions.
  • The shooter bubble.
  • Aiming line or arrow (optional).

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5. User Input

• Capture mouse/touch input to aim and shoot.
• On click/tap, calculate the direction vector from shooter to the target point.
• Use that direction to animate the bubble movement.

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6. Bubble Movement & Collision

• Move the bubble frame by frame using requestAnimationFrame.
• Detect collision with:
  • Walls (bounce effect).
  • Other bubbles (stick the bubble and add it to the grid).
• Upon collision, check for matches.

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7. Match Detection & Removal

• Implement a flood-fill algorithm to find connected bubbles of the same color.
• If 3 or more are connected, remove them.
• Also check for bubbles that are “floating” (not connected to the top), and remove them too.

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8. Next Bubble

• After shooting, generate the next bubble and allow the player to shoot again.

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9. Game Over Conditions

• Game ends when:
  • Bubbles reach the bottom.
  • Player clears all bubbles.

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10. Polish (Optional but Nice)

• Add animations for popping bubbles.
• Add scoring.
• Add sound effects.
• Add increasing difficulty levels (e.g., rows dropping over time).

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