Game In JavaScript

[shadowkeeper123]

Hi all I have a small query in preparing this game the game is about shotting the balloons means the whole page will display balloons motion from bottom to up and each balloon will have a particular arrow key(means the image of the balloon will have any of the four arrow keys ) once clicked on the arrow keys on the keyboard the balloon should be blown off or become invisible. i have managed the image of the balloons to move from bottom to top and need help on how can i get the balloons invisible when the arrow keys are pressed....

the script is written below which is used to display the balloons to move from bottom to top

 
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
var no = 5; //15 image number or falling rate
var speed = 5; // the lower the number the faster the image moves
var snow = new Array();
snow[0] = "baloon1.gif"
snow[1] = "baloon2.gif"
snow[2] = "baloon3.gif"
snow[3] = "baloon4.gif"
 
var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;  // browser sniffer
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
var i, doc_width = 1800, doc_height = 3000;
 
if (ns4up||ns6up) {
        doc_width = self.innerWidth;
        doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
        doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
        doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
 
dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();
j = 0;
 
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
        dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
        yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
        am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables
        if (ns4up) {                      // set layers
                if (i == 0) {
/*                        document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\""+ snow[j] + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
*/                        document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\"  left=\"20\" top=\"20\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\""+snow[j]+"\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
                } else {
                        document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\""+ snow[j] + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
                }        } else if (ie4up||ns6up) {                if (i == 0) 
{
                        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px; width:1;\"><img src=\"" + snow[j] + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
                } else {
                        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px; width:1;\"><img src=\"" + snow[j] + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
                }
        }
        if (j == (snow.length-1)) { j = 0; } else { j += 1; }
}
 
function snowNS() {  // Netscape main animation function
        for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
                yp[i] -= sty[i];     
                       if (yp[i] < -50) {
                        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
                        yp[i] = doc_height;
                        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
                        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
                        doc_width = self.innerWidth;
                        doc_height = self.innerHeight;                }
                dx[i] += stx[i];
                document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i]+pageYOffset;
                document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + 
am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
        }
        setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
}
 
function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE main animation function
        for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every baloon
                yp[i] -= sty[i];
                if (yp[i] < -50) {
<!--                        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);-->
                        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-15);
                        yp[i] = doc_height;
                        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
                        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
                        doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-5:document.body.clientWidth;
                        doc_height = ns6up?window.innerHeight-5:document.body.clientHeight;
                }
                dx[i] += stx[i];
                if (ie4up){
                document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i]+document.body.scrollTop;
                document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
                }
                else if (ns6up){
                document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+pageYOffset;
                document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
                }
        }
        setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", speed);
}
 
if (ns4up) {
        snowNS();
} else if (ie4up||ns6up) {
        snowIE_NS6();
}
 
 
</script>
 

[acoder]

The code is old. Did you write it or is it taken from somewhere? If you want cross-browser code which is cleaner and dropping support for old, buggy browsers like Netscape 4, then you'll have to start again, though you can use a lot of the code you already have.

For key events, you need to use the onkeypress/up event to detect key presses and call a function which works out which key was pressed and deals with it accordingly. Which key was pressed?