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Where and how to promote an HTML5 game engine?
I've recently completed an engine, called Irenic.
Now, I was wondering, how could one promote it? The process surely is different than promoting a game, because a game can be played by almost anyone, ...
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What Javascript game engines are out there, other than Impact? [closed]
Does anybody know of a decent (meaning preferably free ;)) alternative to Impact? Any suggestions are very much appreciated!
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Implementing features in an Entity System
After asking two questions on Entity Systems (1, 2), and reading some articles on them, I think that I understand them much better than before.
But, I still have some uncertainties, and mainly they ...
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Why is it a bad idea to store methods in Entities and Components? (Along with some other Entity System questions.)
This is a followup to this question, which I answered, but this one tackles with a much more specific subject.
This answer helped me understand Entity Systems even better than the article.
I've ...
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1answer
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What is the optimal way for updating different entities in an engine?
EDIT: half of my question seemed to disappear, but thankfully, it was still in the clipboard.
When I say entities, I mean instantiations of various classes in my engine (example class: ...
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2answers
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What would be the problems with using a singleton design pattern for my engine?
I'm desiging an HTML5 2D game engine in Javascript, and currently, I use the singleton pattern.
There is only one global object in the namespace called simply Engine. All other objects are ...
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1answer
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javascript function with game engine
I have coded my main menu for the game in html/css and need the image buttons to function with the engine using JavaScript.
For example:
Skip (Enable) Which skips the menu when you come back to play ...
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3answers
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Split a 2D scene in layers or have a z coordinate
I am in the process of writing a 2D game engine, and a dilemma emerged. Let me explain the situation...
I have a Scene class, to which various objects can be added (Drawable, ParticleEmitter, ...
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Essential 2D engine features
I have decided to make a simple engine for a new game I'm working on, and now, I'm wondering: what are the essential features of a 2D game engine? Or, a game engine in general?
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Is there a HTML/JS game engine/library that deals with things (HUD, menus, accounts, etc) other than the core gameplay?
I've been looking through the many HTML/Javascript game engines/libraries out there (many of which are found here https://github.com/bebraw/jswiki/wiki/Game-Engines). Most of them seem fairly ...
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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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Online Game Considerations [closed]
I want to make a kind of online game, completely in JavaScript, using the <canvas> and socket.io. The general How is covered, there are just some minor problems with the design and architecture ...
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Which free HTML5-based game engine meets these requirements?
I am experienced with traditional JS and HTML but new to HTML5. I want to develop games in HTML5 so that it can work on all devices and browsers, including IE. Additionally, I require the following ...
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Find all Game Objects with an Input string name (not Tag)
I'm trying to mimic FindGameObjectsWithTag with FindGameObjectswithName. I know using tags is faster, but I'm trying create a way to search for objects I spawn with a child object I name on ...
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Chrome Angry Birds engine?
Was Chrome AngryBirds game made using html5 canvas? And if yes: what kind of engine did they use?
