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Game File Reference

Overview

• dbmodel.sql - database model
• gameinfos.inc.php - meta-information
• gameoptions.json - game options & user preferences
• img/ - game art
• Game Metadata Manager - tags and metadata media
• material.inc.php - static data
• misc/ - studio-only storage
• modules/ - additional game code
• states.inc.php - state machine
• stats.json - statistics
• X.action.php - player actions
• X.css - interface stylesheet
• Game.php - main logic
• X.js - interface logic
• X.view.php - dynamic game layout
• X_X.tpl - static game layout

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Useful Components

Official

• Deck: a PHP component to manage cards (deck, hands, picking cards, moving cards, shuffle deck, ...).
• Draggable: a JS component to manage drag'n'drop actions.
• Counter: a JS component to manage a counter that can increase/decrease (ex: player's score).
• ExpandableSection: a JS component to manage a rectangular block of HTML than can be displayed/hidden.
• Scrollmap: a JS component to manage a scrollable game area (useful when the game area can be infinite. Examples: Saboteur or Takenoko games).
• Stock: a JS component to manage and display a set of game elements displayed at a position.
• Zone: a JS component to manage a zone of the board where several game elements can come and leave, but should be well displayed together (See for example: token's places at Can't Stop).

Undocumented component (if somebody knows please help with docs)

• Wrapper: a JS component to wrap a <div> element around its child, even if these elements are absolute positioned.

Unofficial

• BGA Code Sharing - Shared resources, projects on git hub, common code, other links
• BGA Studio Cookbook - Tips and instructions on using API's, libraries and frameworks
• Common board game elements image resources

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Game Development Process

• First steps with BGA Studio
• Create a game in BGA Studio: Complete Walkthrough
• Tutorial reversi
• Tutorial gomoku
• Tutorial hearts
• BGA Studio Guidelines
• BGA game Lifecycle
• Pre-release checklist
• Post-release phase
• Player Resources - add player help/rules to your game page

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Guides for Common Topics

• Translations - make your game translatable
• Game Replay
• Mobile Users
• 3D
• Compatibility

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Miscellaneous Resources

• Studio FAQ
• Tools and tips of BGA Studio - Tips and instructions on setting up development environment
• Studio logs - Instructions for log access
• Practical debugging - Tips focused on debugging
• Troubleshooting - Most common "I am really stuck" situations
• Studio Bugs - Reports against Studio itself (not BGA!)

Example

In mygame_mygame.tpl (the border is not required):

<div id="my_expandable" style="border: 1px solid black">
    <a href="#" id="my_click_to_toggle" class="expandabletoggle expandablearrow">
        <div class="icon20"></div>
    </a>
    <div id="my_hidden_content" class="expandablecontent">
        Here's the hidden content
    </div>
</div>

In mygame.js:

define([
    ebg/expandablesection
],
...

this.expanded = new ebg.expandablesection();
this.expanded.create(this, "my_expandable");
this.expanded.expand();   // show
this.expanded.collapse(); // hide
this.expanded.toggle();   // switch show/hide

Notes

• All of the inner parts of the expandable div must have ids so dojo.query can find them.
• The section already starts with click-to-toggle behavior, so you probably won't need to toggle in your own code. Just set the initial state in your setup method.

Helper Code

This doesn't appear to be part of the BGA framework, but might make creating the above code easer and more readable.

In mygame_mygame.tpl:

var jstpl_expandablesection = '\
    <div id="${id}">\
        <a href="#" id="toggle_${id}" class="expandabletoggle expandablearrow">\
            <div class="icon20"></div>\
        </a>\
        <div id="content_${id}" class="expandablecontent">\
            ${content}\
        </div>\
    </div>';

In mygame.js:

placeExpandableSection: function(parent_id, id, content) {
   html = this.format_block('jstpl_expandablesection', { id: id, content: content }); 
   dojo.place(html, parent_id);
},