Timers plugin for litecanvas

Helpers to manage timers in litecanvas games.

Install

NPM: npm i @litecanvas/plugin-timers

CDN: https://unpkg.com/@litecanvas/plugin-timers/dist/dist.js

Usage

import litecanvas from "litecanvas"
import pluginTimers from "@litecanvas/plugin-timers"

litecanvas({
  loop: { init },
})

use(pluginTimers) // load the plugin

function init() {
  wait(5, () => {
    // this function is called after 5 seconds
  })

  every(0.1, () => {
    // this function is called every 0.1 seconds (100 ms)
  })

  repeat(10, 2, () => {
    // this function is called every 2 seconds (100 ms)
    // but just 10 times
  })
}

Other features

Cancel a timer:

const t = wait(5, () => {
  // ...
})

t.cancel() // cancel the timer

Pause a timer:

const t = wait(5, () => {
  // ...
})

t.pause() // pause the timer

t.resume() // resume a paused timer

t.paused // true if the timer is paused

Get all active timers:

const all = timers()

all.forEach((t) => {
  // ...
})