moving player with mouse

[Artur [Joker]]

i just want to know how to move player with mouse click, but with
'blocks' in map, like the sims, the player 'chose the best way to get
there'.
how do to it in javascript + canvas [html5] ?

[Szymon Piłkowski]

Hi,
You should read about A*: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm
There are existing javascript implementations, but seriously, you'll learn a lot if you try to write your own. At least I did. :)

Szymon

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[Joshua Farrar]

I've recently been dissecting Browserquest (https://github.com/mozilla/BrowserQuest)

There are two functions you can take a look at, both in game.js

https://github.com/mozilla/BrowserQuest/blob/master/client/js/game.js

click() and getMouseGridPosition()

They have a pathfinding algorithm, but I haven't dissected that yet so you're on your own!