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Map Puzzle

  • This demo showcases a draggable map puzzle game where users drag polygon pieces to their correct locations on a world map.

  • The game features adjustable difficulty levels that alter the map's visual style and provides a timer to track the player's progress.

  • Users can reset the game at any time to start a new puzzle with randomized country pieces.

  • The demo is built using the Google Maps JavaScript API with examples provided in both TypeScript and JavaScript.

  • The game utilizes encoded paths to define the shapes of country pieces and their target locations on the map.

More complex demo, showing a game with draggable polygons. See the draggablepolygon demo for a simple demo with draggable polygons.

TypeScript

interfaceCountry{bounds:number[][];name:string;start:string[];end:string[];}classPuzzleDemo{privatemap_:google.maps.Map;privatepolys_:google.maps.Polygon[]=[];privatedifficulty_="Easy";privatecount_=0;privatepieceDiv_:HTMLElement;privatetimeDiv_:HTMLElement;privatedataLoaded_=false;privateNUM_PIECES_=10;privatecountries_:Country[]=[];privatetimer_=0;privateSTART_COLOR_="#3c79de";privateEND_COLOR_="#037e29";constructor(map:google.maps.Map){this.map_=map;this.pieceDiv_=document.createElement("div");this.timeDiv_=document.createElement("div");this.createMenu_();this.setDifficultyStyle_();this.loadData_();}privatecreateMenu_(){constmenuDiv=document.createElement("div");menuDiv.style.cssText="margin: 40px 10px; border-radius: 8px; height: 320px; width: 180px;"+"background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto;"+"text-align: center; color: grey;line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden";consttitleDiv=document.createElement("div");titleDiv.style.cssText="width: 100%; background-color: #4285f4; color: white; font-size: 20px;"+"line-height: 40px;margin-bottom: 24px";titleDiv.innerText="Game Options";constpieceTitleDiv=document.createElement("div");pieceTitleDiv.innerText="PIECE:";pieceTitleDiv.style.fontWeight="800";constpieceDiv=this.pieceDiv_;pieceDiv.innerText="0 / "+this.NUM_PIECES_;consttimeTitleDiv=document.createElement("div");timeTitleDiv.innerText="TIME:";timeTitleDiv.style.fontWeight="800";consttimeDiv=this.timeDiv_;timeDiv.innerText="0.0 seconds";constdifficultyTitleDiv=document.createElement("div");difficultyTitleDiv.innerText="DIFFICULTY:";difficultyTitleDiv.style.fontWeight="800";constdifficultySelect=document.createElement("select");["Easy","Moderate","Hard","Extreme"].forEach((level)=>{constoption=document.createElement("option");option.value=level.toLowerCase();option.innerText=level;difficultySelect.appendChild(option);});difficultySelect.style.cssText="border: 2px solid lightgrey; background-color: white; color: #4275f4;"+"padding: 6px;";difficultySelect.onchange=()=>{this.setDifficulty_(difficultySelect.value);this.resetGame_();};constresetDiv=document.createElement("div");resetDiv.innerText="Reset";resetDiv.style.cssText="cursor: pointer; border-top: 1px solid lightgrey; margin-top: 18px;"+"color: #4275f4; line-height: 40px; font-weight: 800";resetDiv.onclick=this.resetGame_.bind(this);menuDiv.appendChild(titleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(pieceTitleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(pieceDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(timeTitleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(timeDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(difficultyTitleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(difficultySelect);menuDiv.appendChild(resetDiv);this.map_.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(menuDiv);}render(){if(!this.dataLoaded_){return;}this.start_();}privateloadData_(){constxmlhttpRequest=newXMLHttpRequest();xmlhttpRequest.onreadystatechange=()=>{if(xmlhttpRequest.status!=200||xmlhttpRequest.readyState!=XMLHttpRequest.DONE)return;this.loadDataComplete_(JSON.parse(xmlhttpRequest.responseText)asany);};xmlhttpRequest.open("GET","https://storage.googleapis.com/mapsdevsite/json/puzzle.json",true);xmlhttpRequest.send(null);}privateloadDataComplete_(data:Country[]){this.dataLoaded_=true;this.countries_=data;this.start_();}/**   * @param {string} difficulty   * @private   */privatesetDifficulty_(difficulty:string){this.difficulty_=difficulty;if(this.map_){this.setDifficultyStyle_();}}privatesetDifficultyStyle_(){conststyles={easy:[{stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},{featureType:"water",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#d4d4d4"}],},{featureType:"landscape",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#e5e3df"}],},{featureType:"administrative.country",elementType:"labels",stylers:[{visibility:"on"}],},{featureType:"administrative.country",elementType:"geometry",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{weight:1.3}],},],moderate:[{stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},{featureType:"water",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#d4d4d4"}],},{featureType:"landscape",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#e5e3df"}],},{featureType:"administrative.country",elementType:"labels",stylers:[{visibility:"on"}],},],hard:[{stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},{featureType:"water",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#d4d4d4"}],},{featureType:"landscape",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#e5e3df"}],},],extreme:[{elementType:"geometry",stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},],};this.map_.set("styles",styles[this.difficulty_]);}privateresetGame_(){this.removeCountries_();this.count_=0;this.setCount_();this.startClock_();this.addRandomCountries_();}privatesetCount_(){this.pieceDiv_.innerText=this.count_+" / "+this.NUM_PIECES_;if(this.count_==this.NUM_PIECES_){this.stopClock_();}}privatestopClock_(){window.clearInterval(this.timer_);}privatestartClock_(){this.stopClock_();consttimeDiv=this.timeDiv_;if(timeDiv)timeDiv.textContent="0.0 seconds";constt=newDate();this.timer_=window.setInterval(()=>{constdiff=newDate().getTime()-t.getTime();if(timeDiv)timeDiv.textContent=(diff/1000).toFixed(2)+" seconds";},100);}privateaddRandomCountries_(){// Shuffle countriesthis.countries_.sort(()=>{returnMath.round(Math.random())-0.5;});constcountries=this.countries_.slice(0,this.NUM_PIECES_);for(leti=0,country;(country=countries[i]);i++){this.addCountry_(country);}}privateaddCountry_(country:Country){constoptions={strokeColor:this.START_COLOR_,strokeOpacity:0.8,strokeWeight:2,fillColor:this.START_COLOR_,fillOpacity:0.35,geodesic:true,map:this.map_,draggable:true,zIndex:2,paths:country.start.map(google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath),};constpoly=newgoogle.maps.Polygon(options);google.maps.event.addListener(poly,"dragend",()=>{this.checkPosition_(poly,country);});this.polys_.push(poly);}/**   * Checks that every point in the polygon is inside the bounds.   */privateboundsContainsPoly_(bounds:number[][],poly:google.maps.Polygon):boolean{constb=newgoogle.maps.LatLngBounds(newgoogle.maps.LatLng(bounds[0][0],bounds[0][1]),newgoogle.maps.LatLng(bounds[1][0],bounds[1][1]));constpaths=poly.getPaths().getArray();for(leti=0;i <paths.length;i++){constp=paths[i].getArray();for(letj=0;j <p.length;j++){if(!b.contains(p[j])){returnfalse;}}}returntrue;}/**   * Replace a poly with the correct 'end' position of the country.   */privatereplacePiece_(poly:google.maps.Polygon,country:Country){constoptions={strokeColor:this.END_COLOR_,fillColor:this.END_COLOR_,draggable:false,zIndex:1,paths:country.end.map(google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath),};poly.setOptions(options);this.count_++;this.setCount_();}privatecheckPosition_(poly:google.maps.Polygon,country:Country){if(this.boundsContainsPoly_(country.bounds,poly)){this.replacePiece_(poly,country);}}privatestart_(){this.setDifficultyStyle_();this.resetGame_();}privateremoveCountries_(){for(leti=0,poly;(poly=this.polys_[i]);i++){poly.setMap(null);}this.polys_=[];}}functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{disableDefaultUI:true,center:{lat:10,lng:60},zoom:2,});newPuzzleDemo(map);}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

classPuzzleDemo{map_;polys_=[];difficulty_="Easy";count_=0;pieceDiv_;timeDiv_;dataLoaded_=false;NUM_PIECES_=10;countries_=[];timer_=0;START_COLOR_="#3c79de";END_COLOR_="#037e29";constructor(map){this.map_=map;this.pieceDiv_=document.createElement("div");this.timeDiv_=document.createElement("div");this.createMenu_();this.setDifficultyStyle_();this.loadData_();}createMenu_(){constmenuDiv=document.createElement("div");menuDiv.style.cssText="margin: 40px 10px; border-radius: 8px; height: 320px; width: 180px;"+"background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-family: Roboto;"+"text-align: center; color: grey;line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden";consttitleDiv=document.createElement("div");titleDiv.style.cssText="width: 100%; background-color: #4285f4; color: white; font-size: 20px;"+"line-height: 40px;margin-bottom: 24px";titleDiv.innerText="Game Options";constpieceTitleDiv=document.createElement("div");pieceTitleDiv.innerText="PIECE:";pieceTitleDiv.style.fontWeight="800";constpieceDiv=this.pieceDiv_;pieceDiv.innerText="0 / "+this.NUM_PIECES_;consttimeTitleDiv=document.createElement("div");timeTitleDiv.innerText="TIME:";timeTitleDiv.style.fontWeight="800";consttimeDiv=this.timeDiv_;timeDiv.innerText="0.0 seconds";constdifficultyTitleDiv=document.createElement("div");difficultyTitleDiv.innerText="DIFFICULTY:";difficultyTitleDiv.style.fontWeight="800";constdifficultySelect=document.createElement("select");["Easy","Moderate","Hard","Extreme"].forEach((level)=>{constoption=document.createElement("option");option.value=level.toLowerCase();option.innerText=level;difficultySelect.appendChild(option);});difficultySelect.style.cssText="border: 2px solid lightgrey; background-color: white; color: #4275f4;"+"padding: 6px;";difficultySelect.onchange=()=>{this.setDifficulty_(difficultySelect.value);this.resetGame_();};constresetDiv=document.createElement("div");resetDiv.innerText="Reset";resetDiv.style.cssText="cursor: pointer; border-top: 1px solid lightgrey; margin-top: 18px;"+"color: #4275f4; line-height: 40px; font-weight: 800";resetDiv.onclick=this.resetGame_.bind(this);menuDiv.appendChild(titleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(pieceTitleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(pieceDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(timeTitleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(timeDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(difficultyTitleDiv);menuDiv.appendChild(difficultySelect);menuDiv.appendChild(resetDiv);this.map_.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(menuDiv);}render(){if(!this.dataLoaded_){return;}this.start_();}loadData_(){constxmlhttpRequest=newXMLHttpRequest();xmlhttpRequest.onreadystatechange=()=>{if(xmlhttpRequest.status!=200||xmlhttpRequest.readyState!=XMLHttpRequest.DONE)return;this.loadDataComplete_(JSON.parse(xmlhttpRequest.responseText));};xmlhttpRequest.open("GET","https://storage.googleapis.com/mapsdevsite/json/puzzle.json",true,);xmlhttpRequest.send(null);}loadDataComplete_(data){this.dataLoaded_=true;this.countries_=data;this.start_();}/**   * @param {string} difficulty   * @private   */setDifficulty_(difficulty){this.difficulty_=difficulty;if(this.map_){this.setDifficultyStyle_();}}setDifficultyStyle_(){conststyles={easy:[{stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},{featureType:"water",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#d4d4d4"}],},{featureType:"landscape",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#e5e3df"}],},{featureType:"administrative.country",elementType:"labels",stylers:[{visibility:"on"}],},{featureType:"administrative.country",elementType:"geometry",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{weight:1.3}],},],moderate:[{stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},{featureType:"water",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#d4d4d4"}],},{featureType:"landscape",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#e5e3df"}],},{featureType:"administrative.country",elementType:"labels",stylers:[{visibility:"on"}],},],hard:[{stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},{featureType:"water",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#d4d4d4"}],},{featureType:"landscape",stylers:[{visibility:"on"},{color:"#e5e3df"}],},],extreme:[{elementType:"geometry",stylers:[{visibility:"off"}],},],};this.map_.set("styles",styles[this.difficulty_]);}resetGame_(){this.removeCountries_();this.count_=0;this.setCount_();this.startClock_();this.addRandomCountries_();}setCount_(){this.pieceDiv_.innerText=this.count_+" / "+this.NUM_PIECES_;if(this.count_==this.NUM_PIECES_){this.stopClock_();}}stopClock_(){window.clearInterval(this.timer_);}startClock_(){this.stopClock_();consttimeDiv=this.timeDiv_;if(timeDiv)timeDiv.textContent="0.0 seconds";constt=newDate();this.timer_=window.setInterval(()=>{constdiff=newDate().getTime()-t.getTime();if(timeDiv)timeDiv.textContent=(diff/1000).toFixed(2)+" seconds";},100);}addRandomCountries_(){// Shuffle countriesthis.countries_.sort(()=>{returnMath.round(Math.random())-0.5;});constcountries=this.countries_.slice(0,this.NUM_PIECES_);for(leti=0,country;(country=countries[i]);i++){this.addCountry_(country);}}addCountry_(country){constoptions={strokeColor:this.START_COLOR_,strokeOpacity:0.8,strokeWeight:2,fillColor:this.START_COLOR_,fillOpacity:0.35,geodesic:true,map:this.map_,draggable:true,zIndex:2,paths:country.start.map(google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath),};constpoly=newgoogle.maps.Polygon(options);google.maps.event.addListener(poly,"dragend",()=>{this.checkPosition_(poly,country);});this.polys_.push(poly);}/**   * Checks that every point in the polygon is inside the bounds.   */boundsContainsPoly_(bounds,poly){constb=newgoogle.maps.LatLngBounds(newgoogle.maps.LatLng(bounds[0][0],bounds[0][1]),newgoogle.maps.LatLng(bounds[1][0],bounds[1][1]),);constpaths=poly.getPaths().getArray();for(leti=0;i <paths.length;i++){constp=paths[i].getArray();for(letj=0;j <p.length;j++){if(!b.contains(p[j])){returnfalse;}}}returntrue;}/**   * Replace a poly with the correct 'end' position of the country.   */replacePiece_(poly,country){constoptions={strokeColor:this.END_COLOR_,fillColor:this.END_COLOR_,draggable:false,zIndex:1,paths:country.end.map(google.maps.geometry.encoding.decodePath),};poly.setOptions(options);this.count_++;this.setCount_();}checkPosition_(poly,country){if(this.boundsContainsPoly_(country.bounds,poly)){this.replacePiece_(poly,country);}}start_(){this.setDifficultyStyle_();this.resetGame_();}removeCountries_(){for(leti=0,poly;(poly=this.polys_[i]);i++){poly.setMap(null);}this.polys_=[];}}functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{disableDefaultUI:true,center:{lat:10,lng:60},zoom:2,});newPuzzleDemo(map);}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

CSS

/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */#map{height:100%;}/* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Map Puzzle</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div></div>    <!--       The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api      for more information.      -->    <script      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&libraries=geometry&v=weekly"      defer    ></script>  </body></html>

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