cascading-reel

A high-performance WebGL cascading reel animator for slot-style UIs on any HTMLCanvasElement.

• 3x3 reel grid with deterministic scripted outcomes.
• Queued spins with per-spin callbacks.
• Win highlight with electric border and particle burst.
• DPR-aware rendering for mobile and desktop.

Install

yarn add cascading-reel

Usage (TypeScript)

import { CascadingReel } from 'cascading-reel';

const container = document.getElementById('reelWrap');
const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
const button = document.getElementById('spinBtn');

if (!container || !canvas || !button) {
  throw new Error('Demo DOM is not ready');
}

const reel = new CascadingReel({
  container: container as HTMLDivElement,
  canvas: canvas as HTMLCanvasElement,
  button: button as HTMLButtonElement,
  sprite: new URL('./assets/reel.webp', import.meta.url).href,
  spriteCrossOrigin: 'anonymous',
  spriteElementsCount: 6,
  symbolScale: 0.85,
  initialSegments: [
    [0, 1, 2],
    [3, 0, 5],
    [0, 1, 0],
  ],
  queuedSpinStates: [
    {
      stopRows: [
        [0, 4, 5],
        [2, 1, 4],
        [1, 3, 0],
      ],
      finaleSequenceRows: [
        [
          [1, 1, 0],
          [0, 1, 2],
          [4, 5, 1],
        ],
      ],
      highlightWin: true,
      callback: () => console.log('spin complete'),
    },
  ],
});

await reel.init();
reel.spin();

Usage (Vue 3)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, shallowRef } from 'vue';
import { CascadingReel } from 'cascading-reel';

const containerRef = ref<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
const canvasRef = ref<HTMLCanvasElement | null>(null);
const buttonRef = ref<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
const reel = shallowRef<CascadingReel | null>(null);

onMounted(async () => {
  if (!containerRef.value || !canvasRef.value) return;
  reel.value = new CascadingReel({
    container: containerRef.value,
    canvas: canvasRef.value,
    button: buttonRef.value ?? undefined,
    sprite: new URL('./assets/reel.webp', import.meta.url).href,
    spriteCrossOrigin: 'anonymous',
    spriteElementsCount: 6,
    symbolScale: 0.85,
    particleColor: 'rainbow',
  });
  await reel.value.init();
});

onBeforeUnmount(() => {
  reel.value?.destroy();
  reel.value = null;
});
</script>

<template>
  <button ref="buttonRef">Spin</button>
  <div ref="containerRef">
    <canvas ref="canvasRef"></canvas>
  </div>
</template>

HTML Layout

<button id="spinBtn">Spin</button>
<div id="reelWrap">
  <canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
</div>

Call reel.spin() to consume the next item from queuedSpinStates.

SpinState

type SpinState = {
  stopGrid?: number[][];
  stopRows?: number[][];
  finaleSequence?: number[][][];
  finaleSequenceRows?: number[][][];
  highlightWin?: boolean;
  callback?: () => void;
};

• Use stopRows for row-major input ([row][col]).
• Use stopGrid for column-major input ([col][row]).
• finaleSequenceRows and finaleSequence follow the same row/column conventions.

Options

Methods

await reel.init();
reel.spin();
reel.destroy();

Sprite Format

• Single vertical sprite sheet.
• Every symbol frame is square.
• Total texture height equals spriteElementsCount * frameWidth (square-frame assumption).
• PNG and WebP with transparency are supported.
• When using a cross-origin sprite URL (CDN/sandbox), keep spriteCrossOrigin: 'anonymous' and ensure the host returns CORS headers.

License

MIT