big-block-time

Big Block Time

A time system for the Big Block game engine.

API

.deltaTime

The time in milliseconds since the last event of type fired.

.tick(ms)

Runs a single tick for ms passed, emitting fixedupdate, update and render events.

.start()

Starts the loop calling tick

.stop()

Starts the loop calling tick

Events

start

• Fired when time starts looping

stop

• Fired when time stops looping

fixedupdate

• Deterministic
• Always fired x times when time since started / fixedTimeStep = x

update

• Non deterministic
• Fired as close to the framerate as possible.

render

• Non deterministic
• Fired after the update event

To Do

• configuration
• Alpha for update and render event for interpolation
• Add .replay or .rewind function

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2014 RGBboy <[e-mail]>

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