dc-core

@dchighs/dc-core is a TypeScript/JavaScript library that simulates core Dragon City game logic.

It provides:

• Calculators for attack damage, feed cost, orb recall gain, and element strengths/weaknesses.
• Validation tools for dragon metadata.
• Static configuration for dragons, islands, sounds, elements, and more.
• Enums for strongly-typed values used across the package.

Installation

npm install @dchighs/dc-core

Quick start

import {
  calculateAttackDamage,
  calculateDragonFeedCost,
  calculateElementStrengths,
  DragonElement,
} from "@dchighs/dc-core"

const damage = calculateAttackDamage({
  attackPower: 1800,
  dragon: {
    category: 9,
    level: 40,
    rank: 2,
    stars: 3,
  },
})

console.log(damage)
// { minimum: ..., maximum: ..., average: ..., random: ... }

const feedCost = calculateDragonFeedCost({ initialLevel: 1, finalLevel: 40 })
console.log(feedCost)

const strengths = calculateElementStrengths(DragonElement.Legend)
console.log(strengths)

Main exports

Calculators

• calculateAttackDamage(options)
• calculateDragonFeedCost(options)
• calculateElementStrengths(element)
• calculateElementsStrengths(elements)
• calculateElementWeaknesses(element)
• calculateOrbRecallGain(options)

calculateAttackDamage(options)

Calculates the expected damage range for a dragon attack.

• Input
  • attackPower: number
  • dragon: { category: number; level: number; rank: number; stars: number }
• Validation
  • Checks category, rank, and level/stars compatibility.
• Output
  • { minimum: number; maximum: number; average: number; random: number }
• Notes
  • Uses dragon category, level scaling, rank bonus, and star bonus from dragonSettings.
  • random is sampled from the internal damage variance range.

calculateDragonFeedCost(options)

Computes the total food required based on dragon levels.

• Input
  • initialLevel: number
  • finalLevel: number
• Validation
  • Validates both levels and throws if initialLevel > finalLevel.
• Output
  • number (total food cost)

calculateElementStrengths(element)

Returns which elements are strong against a single element.

• Input
  • element: string (ideally from DragonElement)
• Validation
  • Validates if the element exists in internal settings.
• Output
  • DragonElement[]

calculateElementsStrengths(elements)

Combines strengths for multiple elements and removes duplicates.

• Input
  • elements: string[]
• Validation
  • Validates each provided element.
• Output
  • string[] with unique strengths from all provided elements.

calculateElementWeaknesses(element)

Returns which elements can hit the provided element effectively.

• Input
  • element: string (ideally from DragonElement)
• Validation
  • Validates if the element exists in internal settings.
• Output
  • DragonElement[]

calculateOrbRecallGain(options)

Calculates how many orbs are returned when recalling a dragon.

• Input
  • level: number
  • stars?: number (defaults to 0)
• Validation
  • Validates level/stars compatibility.
• Output
  • number (total recalled orbs)
• Notes
  • Recall level contribution is capped internally at level 30.

Tools

• validateDragonLevelCompatibilityWithStars(options)
• validateDragonCategory(category, options?)
• validateDragonRarity(rarity, options?)
• validateDragonStars(stars, options?)
• validateElementName(element, options?)
• validateDragonLevel(level, options?)
• validateDragonRank(rank, options?)
• getMusicKeyNameFromTag(tag)
• DragonStaticFileUrlParser

Settings

• dragonSettings
• feedCostSettings
• orbRecallReturnSettings
• elementSettings
• islandSettings
• soundSettings

Enums

All enums are exported from the package root, including:

• DragonElement
• DragonRarity
• DragonCategory
• DragonRank
• DragonPhase
• ConfigPlatform
• ConfigLanguage

Example: validating values before calculations

import {
  validateDragonLevelCompatibilityWithStars,
  validateDragonCategory,
  validateDragonRank,
} from "@dchighs/dc-core"

validateDragonLevelCompatibilityWithStars({
  level: 40,
  stars: 3,
  throwOnError: true,
})

validateDragonCategory(9, { throwOnError: true })
validateDragonRank(2, { throwOnError: true })

Example: parsing static asset URLs

import { DragonStaticFileUrlParser } from "@dchighs/dc-core"

const spriteUrl = "https://aws-static.socialpointgames.com/static/dragoncity/mobile/ui/dragons/[email protected]"

const parsed = DragonStaticFileUrlParser.parseFromSprite(spriteUrl)
console.log(parsed)
// {
//   platformPrefix: 'aws',
//   id: 112,
//   imageName: '112_terra',
//   phase: 3,
//   skin: null,
//   imageQuality: '@2x'
// }

Notes

• Functions may throw if invalid values are provided and throwOnError: true is used.
• This package is distributed as CommonJS with TypeScript definitions.

License

MIT