The gap
Hop chains make Chinese checkers hard to code and hard to play on a touch screen: players cannot see where a chain can end.
Game templates
Leapwold Game Template
The complete source of Leapwold, a Chinese checkers board game with a 121-hole star, hop chains, computer rivals and a two-player mode.
- JavaScript
- Canvas 2D
- Web Audio
- Playwright
- Coming soon
Coming soon
Not published on its store yet, so there is no buy or download link. PN Scripts does not take payment for it here.
What it solves
What it is
This template finds every reachable hole with the hop path to it, lights them up when a marble is picked, animates the chain hop by hop and leaves a trail of the last move.
How you use it
Unzip, serve the folder and open index.html, then edit game.js; npm test plays it again in headless Chrome.
Source code of a real, playable game to reskin and learn from, with a smoke test whose bot plays it.
Who it is for
Use it when
- Publishing a classic family board game such as Chinese checkers or halma with computer opponents and a pass-and-play mode.
- Learning how a complete Chinese checkers board game (star halma) is built in plain JavaScript and Canvas 2D.
- Building a branded mini-game for a client.
Built for
- Web and indie game developers who know some JavaScript.
- Developers who want a finished, tested game to build on instead of a blank canvas.
What you get
A star in cube coordinates
The board is the union of two big triangles in cube coordinates, so neighbours, hops and distances are simple sums and the six points fall out of the coordinates.
Rivals that count the road home
A rival sums its marbles' distances to the tip of its target point, punishes stragglers, avoids moving back and forth and, at higher levels, tries one more own move for every choice.
No build step
Plain JavaScript and Canvas 2D; open index.html through any static server and edit game.js.
A smoke test
A headless Chrome test loads the game, checks the console, presses keys and taps, and lets the built-in bot play a run to its result screen.
Gallery
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Specs
- Availability
- Coming soon
- Vendor
- PN Scripts
- Type
- Template
- Platforms
- JavaScript
- Pricing
- One-time purchase Price to be announced.
- License
- PN Scripts Template Licence 1.0
- Deployment
- Download (ZIP of source code)
- Maturity
- v1.0.0
Compatibility
| Platform or runtime | Supported versions | Tested up to |
|---|---|---|
| Node.js | 22.12 or newer | Not stated |
Stack
- JavaScript
- Canvas 2D
- Web Audio
- Playwright
The Leapwold template is coming soon
The template is finished and tested. It is not on sale yet; this page will say where to get it when it is.
Coming soon
Not published on its store yet, so there is no buy or download link. PN Scripts does not take payment for it here.
Questions
Make and sell any number of your own games from it, and build games for clients. You may not resell or share the source code itself (PN Scripts Template Licence 1.0).
Any static web server to run the game, and some JavaScript. Node.js 22.12 or newer and Google Chrome run the smoke test.
No ad or portal SDK. The game text is in English and Bulgarian, chosen from the browser language. It is tested in desktop Chrome and a phone-sized Chrome viewport with touch, not yet on iOS Safari, Firefox or a real phone.
The code was written with AI assistance and checked by PN Scripts with automated tests. All visuals and sounds are generated by code; there are no AI-generated image or audio files.
It is not on sale yet. When it is, this page will link to the store; PN Scripts does not take payment on this site.
