Jacks

I used to play this game that my dad got from his old job. It was just the game of jacks on Windows 3.1, clicking around a ton with the mouse. It was chaotic and fun for about 5 minutes at a time, so why not do it again.

Plan

• Determine tech stack
• Render a ball graphic
• Make that ball graphic alert on click
• Make that ball bounce on click
• Render a jack-like object
• Make that jack-like object do something on click after clicking on ball
• Make background image like the original game (room, picture frame)
• Make ball graphic more like the game (gradients, light reflection)
• Use actual jacks rules and not what I remembered when thinking about it
• Add some kind of pub/sub for gameState changes? So far would be useful for changes in levels, win/lose, maybe others?
• Put ball and ball shadow into a container
• Add level change (dropdown, then in taskbar)
• Add a jack placing function, extract existing in app.js
• Make shadow more accurate to a different light angle
• Add difficulty levels (dropdown, then taskbar)
• Add black and white mode
• Make canvas maximum size and otherwise resizable
• Make game possible on mobile?
• Make an SVG of a jack and a ball that can be modified into PIXI
• Create a dialog box for win/lose (like Windows 3.1)
• Implement a win/lose mechanic on click