Tiny Game Jam Hop Newbie JS

== How to Start ==
1. Extract the zip file.
2. Double click into js_jump folder
3. Double click the "core.html" file
4. Observe the game opens in your default browser
5. Have fun exploring Hop Newbie! (See Controls below)

== How long is this Prototype? ==

This game prototype is roughly 5 minutes long to reach the top.

== Controls ==

[ < ]	LEFT KEY	Moves character left
[ > ]	RIGHT KEY	Moves character right
[ Space ]	SPACE BAR	Hold to make character jump*

*This movement aims to mimic roughly the experience of games like Jump King.  To jump left or right, first move left or right and while moving press and hold the jump button.  The longer you hold the jump button, the more jump power you will build up.

- Credits for everyone who worked on it

I read several tutorial pages to build a rudimentary game engine from scratch, using Javascript.   These links focused mostly on collision detection and physics.
https://developer.ibm.com/tutorials/wa-build2dphysicsengine/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Games/Techniques/2D_collision_detection
https://winter.dev/articles/physics-engine

While I have experience using C# and C++, I felt I could also learn more about JavaScript in this game jam.  So, I challenged myself to also read and learn more about the syntax and coding conventions from the above links as well as from a copy of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, which I picked up a while back from a local thrift shop.

Given the time constraint and my lack of JavaScript familiarity, I opted to follow along with an existing platformer to better understand how to structure a JavaScript project.  And so, I ended up following and modifying the Rabbit Trap platformer tutorial and code from PothOnProgramming here:
https://github.com/pothonprogramming/pothonprogramming.github.io/tree/master/con...

== What's next?  ==

I wanted to add custom graphics and get map scrolling via a viewport working, but I was about halfway through those before I had to shelf those changes and just publish.  I hope to come back to this and clean it up more!

Special thank you to Mossflwer for setting up this game jam and being the impetus I needed to jump into the world of JavaScript!