Mouse Controls

In this part I want to implement mouse controls for the game. The platform should follow the mouse cursor, left click should launch the ball, and right click - pause the game.

In general, to make the platform follow the mouse it is necessary to read the cursor position and then move the platform toward it. The first problem with the mouse controls is that it conflicts with the keyboard: it is going to be confusing if the platform follows the cursor and reacts on arrow keys simultaneously. As a compromise, it could have been possible to retain the keyboard controls when the cursor is outside of the game window and use the mouse controls when it is inside. Unfortunately, LÖVE doesn't provide any easy ways to check for it. Therefore, I remove keyboard controls entirely.

function platform.update( dt )
   platform.follow_mouse( dt )
end

Follow_mouse implementation: speed vs move; cursor outside the walls. Second: the platform moves to the coursor immediately. It allows cheating: pause the game, position the coursor, continue. But I just ignore it.

function platform.follow_mouse( dt )
   local x, y = love.mouse.getPosition()
   local left_wall_plus_half_platform = 34 + platform.width / 2
   local right_wall_minus_half_platform = 576 - platform.width / 2
   if ( x > left_wall_plus_half_platform and
        x < right_wall_minus_half_platform ) then
      platform.position.x = x - platform.width / 2
   elseif x < left_wall_plus_half_platform then
      platform.position.x =
         left_wall_plus_half_platform - platform.width / 2
   elseif x > right_wall_minus_half_platform then
      platform.position.x =
         right_wall_minus_half_platform - platform.width / 2
   end
end

Let's also add appropriate callback to launch the ball on mouse press.

function game.mousereleased( x, y, button, istouch )
   if button == 'l' or button == 1 then
      ball.launch_from_platform()
   elseif button == 'r' or button == 2 then
      music:pause()
      gamestates.set_state(
         "gamepaused",
         { ball, platform, bricks, walls, lives_display } )
   end
end

function love.mousereleased( x, y, button, istouch )
   gamestates.state_event( "mousereleased", x, y, button, istouch )
end

Transition between the gamestates is also controlled from the mouse:

function gamepaused.mousereleased( x, y, button, istouch )
   if button == 'l' or button == 1 then
      gamestates.set_state( "game" )
   elseif button == 'r' or button == 2 then
      love.event.quit()
   end   
end

Same for the "menu" and "gamefinished".