by Chris Bowen

Windows 8 Application Walk-Through: How to Build a Simple Game with HTML5 & JavaScript Part Four

This blog is the last of four tutorials walking you step by step through building a simple game in Windows 8 using HTML5, JavaScript, WinJS, and some related resources (http://createjs.com/#!/CreateJS). In this post, we’ll bring respond to user input and make things a bit more lively by adding sound.

The game is based on the XNA sample "Catapult Wars Lab". We’ll reuse the assets from that game as we develop a new version for Windows 8 based on web technologies.

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About the Author
Chris Bowen is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft in the Boston area. He works with all things .NET, but has specialties in application architecture and building highly-scalable transactional web systems. A software architect and engineer with over 15 years of experience, Chris joined Microsoft after holding senior positions at Monster.com, VistaPrint, Staples, and IDX Systems. He is coauthor of "Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System" from WROX and the upcoming "Essential Windows Communication Foundation" from Addison-Wesley. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.