Tower Defense Game Tutorial with JavaScript & HTML Canvas

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  • Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
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    Here you'll learn how to create your very first tower defense game with JavaScript and HTML canvas. We'll start by creating a game map using a map editor called Tiled. Then we'll code the basics of a tower defense game using nothing but rudimentary shapes. Finally, we'll replace our shapes with sprites to give our game a professional look.
    Google Drive Assets: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
    Finished Demo: chriscourses.github.io/tower-...
    Source Code: github.com/chriscourses/tower...
    Tiled Map Editor Download: www.mapeditor.org/
    Stone Tower Assets: free-game-assets.itch.io/free...
    Desert Tileset: free-game-assets.itch.io/free...
    Orc Sprite Assets: free-game-assets.itch.io/free...
    Heroicons: heroicons.com/
    Font Awesome: fontawesome.com/
    0:00 Introduction
    0:51 Game Assets and Downloads
    5:40 Create a Path
    23:53 Map Details
    31:42 Project Setup
    48:31 Pathfinding
    1:28:55 Building Placement
    2:12:03 Shooting Projectiles
    2:50:40 Health Bars
    3:02:46 Waves
    3:09:43 Game Over
    3:39:13 Resources
    4:01:12 Sprites - Projectile
    4:16:09 Sprites - Enemy
    4:34:15 Sprites - Building
    4:55:25 Sprites - Explosions
    5:04:50 Launch
    Music by Joe Gallagher: joegallagher.itch.io/free-orc...

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  • @ChrisCourses
    @ChrisCourses  Рік тому +102

    There's about 20-30min of audio that makes it sound like I'm submerged underwater. Had some electrical interference picked up somehow, so had to do my best to edit out some really annoying buzzing. Sorry in advance 😅

    • @saronarabeds6517
      @saronarabeds6517 Рік тому +21

      no matter

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      @abhilashLeader_07 Рік тому +9

      Its not ok🤣

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      @sekssgenoi Місяць тому

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    • @sekssgenoi
      @sekssgenoi Місяць тому

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      @dragonlord3504 Місяць тому

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  • @theshelbizzle24
    @theshelbizzle24 13 днів тому +22

    How did i fall asleep to true crime and bodycam videos and have these videos play during my sleep? Ive mever searched for a coding video ever 😂

  • @xxblueberryxx8287
    @xxblueberryxx8287 12 днів тому +15

    Every single time when I fall asleep I wake up to this channel 😭

  • @bw4265
    @bw4265 8 днів тому +5

    Just woke up, first time waking up to this channel.
    Reading these comments is surreal.

  • @forbiddengamers8068
    @forbiddengamers8068 2 місяці тому +90

    I fell asleep and this was playing
    UA-cam why do you make me go to the weirdest places😂

    • @uncandneph146
      @uncandneph146 Місяць тому +1

      same here lol

    • @Cadec33
      @Cadec33 Місяць тому +1

      just woke up, this has been playing for 3 hours 💀💀

    • @LeLocoTV
      @LeLocoTV Місяць тому +2

      I WOKE UP TO THIS ?!?!?!

    • @mentalhealthcumulative
      @mentalhealthcumulative Місяць тому

      @@LeLocoTV Same bro same

    • @CryptoMoney02
      @CryptoMoney02 Місяць тому +4

      Another soldier here who wake up to this lol

  • @BulletAgario
    @BulletAgario Місяць тому +5

    I fell asleep with UA-cam on and woke up an hour 30 mins into this video lol

  • @robbiepatrick6755
    @robbiepatrick6755 25 днів тому +65

    I keep waking up to this channel it’s the fifth time!!!

    • @kyrielnieves3224
      @kyrielnieves3224 23 дні тому +1

      Same😂😂

    • @WinWin-oo4uk
      @WinWin-oo4uk 14 днів тому

      I blame NileRed

    • @crypticscrutiny1153
      @crypticscrutiny1153 13 днів тому +2

      Any of you guys watch any Terraria conten? I think that's what's bringing me here because the rest of my stuff is fairly politically oriented.

    • @coolio464
      @coolio464 13 днів тому +1

      @@crypticscrutiny1153yo actually, same… that’s so wild

    • @crypticscrutiny1153
      @crypticscrutiny1153 13 днів тому

      @@coolio464 that's what's up! That's what's happening. The algorithm is bringing in Real Ones from Terraria content.

  • @carsonplayzgaming9691
    @carsonplayzgaming9691 5 місяців тому +206

    i fell asleep watching youtube, wake up and check that this video is 30 mins watched in my recently watched, the scary thing is that the was coding in my dream. I’ve never coded before

  • @fanona112
    @fanona112 2 дні тому +1

    Fell asleep to squishy and slime videos and woke up to this, 10/10.

  • @rowancode
    @rowancode Рік тому +28

    Please don't stop making these videos, you're providing a ton of value.

  • @nasiba8730
    @nasiba8730 Рік тому +21

    Thank you so much, Chris, my son really adores your channel! He claims that you inspired him to become a "Front End Developer." Your hard work means a lot for me as much as it does for my son. Keep up the great work!

  • @trevorfranks69
    @trevorfranks69 Рік тому +1

    Keep making these tutorials man, im an aspiring front end web dev with no time to for personal projects like learning unity so im very grateful i can still express my creativity by doing these thanks to you

  • @trashinGame
    @trashinGame Рік тому +31

    We need to get this legend to 1M subscribers at all cost!

  • @noahr1545
    @noahr1545 Рік тому +3

    Yes!!! I've been waiting for this video since you announced the video!
    I'm really glad I found your channel. You explain things SO well and I didn't even realize you could create games with only JavaScript. Keep up the great work!

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому

      Thanks Noah, been putting in that work, but have more to go to make the channel succeed. Appreciate the comment and for tuning in!

    • @noahr1545
      @noahr1545 Рік тому

      No problem!

  • @joaocesarlima7339
    @joaocesarlima7339 11 місяців тому

    Another awesome tutorial! Your approach of adding layers of complexity little by little, without losing clarity and objectivity, is really cool. Congratulations and please continue!

  • @Octa
    @Octa 7 днів тому

    Just woke up to this channel and reading these comments are so funny

  • @andydataguy
    @andydataguy Рік тому +3

    Omg I love tower defense games!! Would be so much fun to practice javascript by making one of these. THANK YOU for this video 🙏🏾💜🙌🏾

  • @adamjankowski5755
    @adamjankowski5755 Рік тому

    Very cool. I watched first mins of showcase then coded everything in my own way. Thanks for inspiration, assets, and I love your canvas videos!

  • @planetaryescape5794
    @planetaryescape5794 4 дні тому

    Why is everyone waking up to this and why did I wake up to this too

  • @dabzbmg3197
    @dabzbmg3197 Рік тому +6

    Your last video helped me get a job, can't wait to build this. thanks again brother Chris.

  • @user-fw9ns7rm1v
    @user-fw9ns7rm1v Рік тому +1

    In the near future when I will get a job , I promise I will donate money to your account, your tutorials are amazing and the way you explain is simple and straight to the point. I wish my college professors were teaching us the way you do. All the best

  • @christophersvatora6658
    @christophersvatora6658 5 днів тому

    So everyone is also waking up to this guy 💀

  • @Alexei1983121212
    @Alexei1983121212 Рік тому +1

    bro...im someone who barly comments on youtube videos but without starting to watch this one I allready want to thank you. "You are a good man!"

  • @SkunkonHeels
    @SkunkonHeels 5 днів тому

    Dude how did I end up here 😭 I wasn’t even on UA-cam when I slept?

  • @Tomisthere
    @Tomisthere 8 днів тому

    It’s the third time i wake up to this channel

  • @name_69420
    @name_69420 Місяць тому +3

    Woke up here again.

  • @adefunkeadedoyin9338
    @adefunkeadedoyin9338 Рік тому +1

    Chris thanks for your courses words can't describe how they have improved my game development skills, I even got my first paid project with the knowledge of my game dev 🚀🚀

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому +2

      Awesome, love hearing that. Feel free to use any of my code on GitHub to help further your career, I also hope the next videos I create further your knowledge even more-so🙏

    • @adefunkeadedoyin9338
      @adefunkeadedoyin9338 Рік тому

      @@ChrisCourses thanks man. God bless 🚀🚀

  • @unixrebel
    @unixrebel 9 місяців тому

    anyone know what that default font is that is used on mac? want to get it for my linux pc.

  • @marcelo.victor
    @marcelo.victor Рік тому

    Chris, hi from Brazil!
    Can you make a javascript tutorial on how to display a div on a button click, the div being always attached to the button by the ID, and show above/bottom or left/right of the button when this button is positioned at top, bottom, left, right of the window? I'm bangging my head against the wall trying to do this!

  • @jonathanmanner5616
    @jonathanmanner5616 Рік тому

    Awesome, did you use any specific program to actually make the tileset.png? I would like to build a game based of this tutorial but not sure how I would merge the assets together to one file. Perhaps that's not really necessary?

    • @WyzrdCat
      @WyzrdCat Рік тому

      You can use basically any graphics editor. Photoshop, Affinity, Photopea, Krita, etc.

  • @forati
    @forati Рік тому +3

    Ok, hoje eu vou dormir às 4 da manhã e a culpa é sua.
    Ok, today I will sleep at 4am and is your fault.
    Ty m8, keep going. I learn a lot each video.

  • @johanngerhardt401
    @johanngerhardt401 9 місяців тому

    At 1:22:00 i got Uncaught ReferenceError: Cannot access 'enemy2' before initialization
    at animate (index.js:49:5) cannot fix it,
    const enemy = new Enemy({ position: { x: 100, y: 100 } })
    const enemy2 = new Enemy({ position: { x: waypoints[0].x, y: waypoints[0].y } })
    first work but second dont work
    how can i fix it?

    • @Gregor__Samsa
      @Gregor__Samsa 8 місяців тому

      I found out that the order of importing js files might cause the issue. Can you make sure that you import the waypoints.js before the index.js in the index.html?

  • @universecode1101
    @universecode1101 Рік тому +2

    I don't know how you create, such long courses ... I'll be able to do them too, sooner or later 😝 Great content

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому

      Lots of sitting down, messing up, then trying again until I get it right 😅 Best of luck on the projects!

  • @babaakshay
    @babaakshay Рік тому

    Great video! Could you please also make a video on how we could monetize these games built with Javascript? Maybe also release them on Android or IOS? I am really thinking of this as a full time job.

  • @hungle-wi2bj
    @hungle-wi2bj Рік тому

    Hi, how to convert .fla to .png, or fla to something else to use in Unity?

  • @ARandom.Channel.
    @ARandom.Channel. Рік тому

    I fell asleep watching cube marching and woke up to this

  • @namyak-bf9od
    @namyak-bf9od Рік тому

    at around 40 minutes in, there is a bug with the canvas getContext. the browser console says that is cannot read the property of null

  • @abhijitbarman4401
    @abhijitbarman4401 Рік тому

    In UA-cam there are not many tutorial on Canvas. Thanks for it.

  • @i-lack-creativity
    @i-lack-creativity Місяць тому

    UA-cam redirected me from a series of videos to to this (it started with cleaning uranium waste)

  • @kashmirtechtv2948
    @kashmirtechtv2948 9 місяців тому

    Why do you use classes??? Shouldn't we be on Functional programming?

  • @tome343osu4
    @tome343osu4 Рік тому

    the moment i paste in the second svg everything goes black barring the newly pasted icon. Really confused can't seem to fix this either. Anyone have any idea what's happening/how i can fix this?

  • @CallousCoder
    @CallousCoder Рік тому

    Wouldn't it be more sensible and robust to set objects in an array to null instead of splicing them out. And just check for a null (which you should always do anyways)? At least you don't need to worry about updating an array whilst looping through it.
    Either way this is easier than in C/C++ where you'd actually have to register which struct/object you want to free/delete.
    Also i noticed that projectile path is update every frame, so you have a "hear seeker" rock :D

  • @LxraXJkS
    @LxraXJkS 7 днів тому

    Me dormí viendo UA-cam y aparecí acá… 57:32

  • @jgvlc
    @jgvlc Рік тому +8

    Thank you very much Chris, your tutorials are fantastic!

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому +1

      Glad you think so! Got more on the way 💪

  • @machochocolate7679
    @machochocolate7679 8 місяців тому

    Amazing tutorial, very well done my dude. Thanks so much for all the effort you put into this. Definitely a subscriber now!

  • @Suzuhara
    @Suzuhara Рік тому

    when I use
    position: { x:waypoints[0].x, y:waypoints[0].y
    I got - "ReferenceError: can't access lexical declaration 'enemy' before initialization"
    and I have no idea why.

  • @JasonRobards2
    @JasonRobards2 Рік тому

    1:27:00 I don't give an intial x and y position with my constructor, since this information is in the waypoints array anyway. When changing the initial x position after going through the initialisation array, the code always writes the x position for the last element to all elements in the array. Can anyone explain why this could be? I guess it has something to do with how js refers to objects, but I am not well versed in this language. My intuition tells me this should work.
    const enemies = [];
    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    enemies.push(new Enemy());
    }
    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    const xOffset = i * 150;
    enemies[i].position.x -= xOffset;
    console.log(enemies[i]);
    }

    • @JasonRobards2
      @JasonRobards2 Рік тому

      This was my constructor and apparently this does not work. I don't know why.
      class Enemy {
      constructor() {
      this.waypointIndex = 0;
      this.position = waypoints[this.waypointIndex];
      It kept overwriting so that all enemies in the array had the same position.

    • @JasonRobards2
      @JasonRobards2 Рік тому

      This works:
      class Enemy {
      constructor() {
      this.waypointIndex = 0;
      this.position = { x: waypoints[this.waypointIndex].x, y: waypoints[this.waypointIndex].y };
      I think the previous didn't work because it copied the label to this.position rather than the actual values, although I am not entirely sure what exactly happened. I am going to leave this little convo with myself in case someone else can make use of it :)

  • @user-pc8ip7hv5w
    @user-pc8ip7hv5w 10 місяців тому

    how did you get the sprite

  • @jasminbratz298
    @jasminbratz298 4 дні тому

    bro i usually but sleeping vids to sleep bit when the vid ends and i dont even know it just Kepa plaiyng cuz its on a charger so when i wake up i wake up to this;-;

  • @hungle-wi2bj
    @hungle-wi2bj Рік тому

    How to create tower.png with different tower. Your resource have rock tower. I need to create more tower with png. Thank you so much.

  • @fmi1632
    @fmi1632 Рік тому +1

    Commenting to reference you, thank you so much for your videos, they're top quality and extremely helpful !!

  • @kalebdasilvavitorino2877
    @kalebdasilvavitorino2877 29 днів тому

    Eu gostaria de passar um jogo desses para mobile, eu consigo??

  • @2DiamondShovelsX
    @2DiamondShovelsX 6 днів тому

    Why does UA-cam do this I wake up and BAM im 3 hours into the same video every time. HOW DOES YT KNOW???BUT

  • @TomNode
    @TomNode 6 днів тому

    Woke up to this too! What the heck?😅

  • @cdgfilms1004
    @cdgfilms1004 18 днів тому

    i fell asleep and woke up to my phone on 13% and i was 59:59 minutes in

  • @ramon4756
    @ramon4756 7 днів тому

    I also woke up to this video

  • @djoezi3662
    @djoezi3662 Рік тому +2

    I'm gonna buy your courses man! it's amazing!
    Thank you a lot!!

  • @user-gf9ri4wj5h
    @user-gf9ri4wj5h Рік тому

    Can we have three js game

  • @simon-hb7wf
    @simon-hb7wf Рік тому +1

    you are so well organized, this helps us a lot !

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому

      I do pride myself on the organization / chapter time-stamps of these, put a lot of time into making everything is exactly where it needs to be 😄

    • @simon-hb7wf
      @simon-hb7wf Рік тому

      @@ChrisCourses and that's why after more than 3 years following your channel, I'm always happy to watch a new video from you ! 👨‍💻

  • @djneils100
    @djneils100 Рік тому +2

    this is a superb tutorial - first rate explanation - great teacher

  • @wisdomochei7750
    @wisdomochei7750 Рік тому +1

    Holy shit... 5 hours? 😅
    Looks Interesting and challenging so yeah, I'm in ✅

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому +1

      Hell yeah man, welcome, hope the project went / is going well 🙌

  • @anawan
    @anawan Рік тому

    Yeahhh another one ! Thank you so much to make these awesome videos accessible to everyone !

    • @ChrisCourses
      @ChrisCourses  Рік тому

      Chapters, captions, free === the ultimate accessibility tuts 😎

  • @saurabhrawat3878
    @saurabhrawat3878 Рік тому

    hey man please built brick breaker type game

  • @ritarshichattaraj9552
    @ritarshichattaraj9552 Рік тому +2

    You have changed my perspective on game dev!!

  • @rustyrustan
    @rustyrustan Рік тому +1

    100% Im feeling the next one is going to be a lovely RPG game with basic sprite sheets, teleport from one place to another, basic inventory and some juicy cool extra shenanigans things, im looking towards it. I love your work and patience to explain everything, keep the energy and vibes all the way up !!

  • @kinopremyera2753
    @kinopremyera2753 Рік тому

    Great 👍 tutorial thank you 😊
    Hello Chris how are u? I have a question. I want to make app like webflow So should i use canvas to make that kinda project or not

  • @macealred4135
    @macealred4135 24 дні тому

    I fell asleep to cleaning videos where tf am i

  • @InfectAion
    @InfectAion 2 дні тому

    Woke up to this wtf

  • @gofudgeyourselves9024
    @gofudgeyourselves9024 Рік тому +1

    Wow just wow. More stuff like this

  • @martinbobbio2211
    @martinbobbio2211 7 місяців тому

    Thank you a lot Chris. I love your courses.

  • @gisen100ify
    @gisen100ify 5 місяців тому

    Спасибо!

  • @chetanuzumaki9581
    @chetanuzumaki9581 Рік тому

    Awesome brother thanks for ur hardwork

  • @shaikhsanuar5339
    @shaikhsanuar5339 Рік тому

    It’s awesome bro. Learning a lot.

  • @jasoncain5552
    @jasoncain5552 Рік тому

    All you had to do is used two inner corner pieces

  • @spanch1bobr
    @spanch1bobr Рік тому

    your explaintions are so good.

  • @goldenPixeler
    @goldenPixeler Рік тому

    Thank you for your work i like how you doing videos

  • @vin2368
    @vin2368 Рік тому

    This is Awesome Bro :)

  • @thecoolnessking5834
    @thecoolnessking5834 12 днів тому +1

    Wth i learned coding while sleeping and this was why wth WTH

  • @noir66146
    @noir66146 3 місяці тому

    time well spent !

  • @sandrallancherosg
    @sandrallancherosg Рік тому

    GO CHRIS!

  • @user-qb3be7gc1z
    @user-qb3be7gc1z 2 місяці тому

    good thanks a lot!!
    1:05:01

  • @daveinpublic
    @daveinpublic 4 місяці тому +1

    At 15:00.. felt like the longest 5 minutes... How can you spend that long doing 1 thing?

  • @user-ih3ud7pf8q
    @user-ih3ud7pf8q Рік тому

    احسنت

  • @andc6016
    @andc6016 Рік тому

    time stamp: 4:54:44

  • @naedid2512
    @naedid2512 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @AnimeWarriorPlays
    @AnimeWarriorPlays Рік тому

    WAWW

  • @pedromesquita9806
    @pedromesquita9806 Рік тому

    You rock!

  • @otisrancko
    @otisrancko Рік тому

    Maahnn this video is fire!!!!....🔥🔥🔥

  • @BigCereal-ze6vm
    @BigCereal-ze6vm 21 день тому

    Fell asleep watching strongest anime characters where tf

  • @taranewstime6909
    @taranewstime6909 Рік тому +1

    Really awesome 👍🙏

  • @ericawoodhams1521
    @ericawoodhams1521 28 днів тому

    I literally fell asleep watching Hell’s Kitchen… UA-cam do better😂

  • @S-Lomar
    @S-Lomar 8 місяців тому

    🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @HuynhLuong227
    @HuynhLuong227 Рік тому +1

    Great! Many thank

  • @aftercyberneticrp
    @aftercyberneticrp Рік тому

    The best!

  • @muhammadathalaromero8521
    @muhammadathalaromero8521 17 годин тому

    bng hapus dulu videonya pls

  • @japsgy
    @japsgy Рік тому

    love u man

  • @doyouwantsli9680
    @doyouwantsli9680 Місяць тому

    Ja some male wx reaction

  • @loicmakassoeti3209
    @loicmakassoeti3209 Рік тому

    You're a legend. Insane content.

  • @nivekzer451
    @nivekzer451 4 місяці тому

    teste

  • @user-iu3zz9oj4j
    @user-iu3zz9oj4j Рік тому

    dude ima unsub if you don't slow down