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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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Animating DOM elements vs refreshing a single Canvas
A few years ago, when the HTML Canvas element was still kinda fresh, I wrote a small game in a rather "unusual" way: each game element had its own canvas, and frequently animated elements even had ...
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Onkeydown event firing in IE and Chrome but not FireFox [migrated]
Why does my keyboard interactivity code function properly in IE and Chrome, but not FireFox? The full code is at http://sgdk2.enigmadream.com/ben/Html5Sample.html. Feel free to download and edit the ...
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Optimizing HTML5 canvas transformed drawing in Javascript
I am trying to optimize my HTML5 game engine and have noticed that currently a majority of the time taken in the game loop can be taken when drawing transformed tiles. I think this is because each ...
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What technologies are used to develop games for tablets and iPhones?
What technologies are used to develop games for tablets and iPhones?
Would Flash be commonly used?
Is HTML5 capable of animation and interactivity, or would a game file simply be placed within HTML5 ...
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Cross platform development tool/platform for the modern indie game developer?
I'm a Flash developer, but I think it's time to think of other avenues. Ideally I want to be able to write once but be able to deploy to as many different platforms as possible, so iOS AND ...
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Best platform for puzzle game development on the iPad
I have a series of hidden object and puzzle games mapped out that I want to develop for the iPad and although I have written programs before, it's been a while. I've been trying to find the best ...
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Browser based HTML5 and Jquery games like uprisingempires.com
Do you know any games like uprisingempires.com where HTML5, JQuery with visuals is used to play?
How can I get the graphics (paid) for these type of games?
Thanks
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Do you need resource manager for HTML5 games?
Usually, resource manager is needed for desktop/mobile games. But is it needed for HTML5 (browser) games?
Resource manager's main responsibility is to make sure there is no clone of a resource in ...
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Javascript/html5 2d Canvas Context - Getting X, Y relative to canvas (opposed to transformed object)
I have scenario where there are several items on a the context stack and I need to get an x, y coordinate relative to the canvas itself.
The situation is I am writing a 2D game in HTML5 and I want ...
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Tools to help with HTML5 card-slot games
I am interested in creating card/slots games in HTML5.
First of all, a game engine is obvious that should be used, but do you have any suggestions on this? Need 2D view with 3D effects, meaning a ...
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What client front-end options can I use to make a Facebook game?
I have been requested to make a port of an iOS game for Facebook.
The game itself is fairly simple, it is a puzzle game using a 2d array for a grid with XML passed from a server for loading objects ...
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How to scroll hex tiles?
I don't seem to be able to find an answer to this one. I have a map of hex tiles. I wish to implement scrolling.
Code at present:
drawTilemap = function() {
actualX = Math.floor(viewportX / ...
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HTML5 mobile game development vs. native game apps
What is the current state of game engines, frameworks, libraries and conversions related to the HTML5 set of technologies (including CSS3 and JavaScript libraries such as RaphaelJS, Impact, ...
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Set sprite to face direction of mouse
I'm building a html5 canvas game and I need a way to get my sprite to face the mouse cursor. I have the X and Y co-ordinates for the sprite, and also the X and Y co-ordinates of the pointer. All I'm ...
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Is it possible to develop multiplayer games with HTML5?
I know HTML5 is great for web games, but I don't really know if it's possible to develop online games with multiple users, keeping everybody synchronized and handling logins, et cetera.
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