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HTML 5 refers to new web technologies such as high performance JavaScript engines, canvas 2D and WebGL, video and audio tags.

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Capitalizing on JavaScript's prototypal inheritance

JavaScript has a class-free object system in which objects inherit properties directly from other objects. This is really powerful, but it is unfamiliar to classically trained programmers. If you …
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Packaging HTML5 games as applications for iPhone/Android

Is it possible to package HTML5 game for iPhone and Android as an application or has it to be accessed through a browser?
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How should I sort images in an isometric game so that they appear in the correct order?

Hi! This seems like a rather simple problem but I am having a lot of difficulty with it. What should I do to properly sort images in an isometric game? In a normal 2d top-down game one could use the …
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Adding multiplayer to an HTML5 game

I am interested in making a game that I currently have a co-op experience, however I'm curious as to the best method of implementing this in HTML5. I have made games before using straight C sockets, …
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Javascript Audio solution

still has issues. Flash works but... requires flash (an issue for iOS). What do you use in Javascript for audio?
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Are there any alternative JS ports of Box2D?

I have been thinking about creating a top down 2D car game for HTML5. For my first game I wrote the physics and collisions my self but for this one I would like to use some ready made library. I …
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What is your experience with RenderEngine?

In my search for a good HTML5 game engine, the only one I can find that has decent features, has good documentation, and isn't in alpha is RenderEngine. However, I barely ever hear about it. Is it …
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HTML5 - check if font has loaded

At present I load my font for my game in with @font-face For instance: @font-face { font-family: 'Orbitron'; src: url('res/orbitron-medium.ttf'); } and then reference it throughout my JS …
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How do I apply an arcball (using quaternions) along with mouse events, to allow the user to look around the screen using the o3d webgl framework?

How do I apply an arcball (using quaternions) along with mouse events, to allow the user to look around the screen using the o3d webgl framework? This sample …
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Where to start, to develop an online Backgammon game?

I would like to develop a backgammon game to play against other players online, as a way of learning more Javascript/jQuery and a little game development. I'm a web developer and most of my experience …
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HTML5 Game (Canvas) - UI Techniques?

Hi! I'm in the process of building a JavaScript / HTML5 game (using Canvas) for mobile (Android / iPhone/ WebOS) with PhoneGap. I'm currently trying to design out how the UI and playing board should …
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HTML Canvas drawing - Firefox error

Hi all, I am getting the following error ONLY when running my game in Firefox (3.6) Component returned failure code: 0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE) …
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Lightwight cross browser library for server side push?

Hi, I am looking for a lightweight javascript library that allows the server to push update information to the client reliably and regularly. We use a fixed turn time of 300ms and often there are …
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Isometric game engine in JavaScript/HTML5

Is anybody aware of any stable-ish (ie out of alpha) isometric drawing engines for JavaScript/HTML5? I have done some Google searches and found a few, but they were mostly in alpha/invite-only …
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HTML5 Canvas production ready? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Examples of good Javascript/HTML5 based games Hello everyone!!! Do you know games who already uses HTML5 Canvas in production? Please give their links;) Thank you!!!

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