HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja
eBook - ePub

HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja

Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5

  1. 462 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja

Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5

About this book

This book will teach you how to create awesome video games. Games from scratch. Games that run cross-platform, in web browsers, and on phones. Games filled with dynamic sound and music. Games overflowing with impressive visual effects. Fun games.

More importantly, this book will teach you how to think about making games. You'll learn to analyze and dissect games; to understand what it is that makes great games great. By the end of the journey you'll have all the knowledge and tools needed to produce engaging, polished products that people will love to play.

What's inside?

  • Learn the basics: game loops and input
  • Draw graphics on the screen using Canvas
  • Add amazing sound effects and music using the Web Audio API
  • Develop several fun games: a platformer, a shoot 'em up, a dungeon crawler, and a physics-based game
  • Create your own JavaScript game library
  • Jazz up your game up with "juice": screen shakes, particle effects, and more

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Information

Publisher
SitePoint
Year
2018
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781492065425
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Computer Science General
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja
  2. Notice of Rights
  3. Preface
  4. Level 1: Press Space to Start
  5. Level 2: Drawing Things
  6. Level 3: Game Loops & User Input
  7. Level 4: Animation, Levels, Maps, Cameras…
  8. :Level 5: Collision Detection & AI
  9. Level 6: Mathematics & Physics
  10. Level 7: Audio
  11. Level 8: Bringing a Game to Life with “Juice”
  12. Level 9: Optimizing & Packaging
  13. Bonus Round: How to Use SSL/TLS with Node.js
  14. Appendix A: List of Games Mentioned

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