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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How do I protect sending scores from HTML5 games to my server
On backend I am using java. I have a game in HTML5; when user completes it I sends an Ajax call to save the score to database. Now, someone can easily use tools like Fiddler and firebug to modify this ...
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Box2dWeb positioning relative to HTML5 Canvas
I'm new with HTML5 canvas and Box2DWeb and I'm trying to make an Asteroids game. So far I think I'm doing okay, but one thing I'm struggling to comprehend is how positioning works in relation to the ...
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canvas graphic output doesn't work [closed]
at the moment i'm developing a 3D-Vector-Coordinates-to-2D-Canvas-Calculation.
the code is ready, the canvas too,
but something doesn't work right...
You can find my code at ...
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Adding interactive graphical elements to text-based browser game with HTML5
I'm re-writing an old virtual world/browser based game. It is text and HTML form based with some static graphics. The client is HTML and JS.
I want to introduce some interactive graphical elements to ...
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creating a simulation game, what type of knowledge is needed? [closed]
I am a beginner in game development. As a part of learning and fun, want to create a game in java-script and html5. I am planning a game that we were used to play in childhood, that is "new business"- ...
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Best practices on separating Update and Draw on game loop
I've been working on my first HTML5 prototype and I found a good model that uses the regular Update and Draw loop we see in game dev. My question is, where does one end and the other begins?
The ...
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How can I estimate cost of creating tile-set similar to HoM&M 2? [closed]
How to estimate cost of creating tile-set similar to HoM&M 2?
I'm mostly interested in the tile-set graphics only, no animation needed, the big images of town and creatures can be done as quick ...
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Repeat a part of spritesheet as background
So I'm trying to repeat a part of my spritesheet as a background (js, canvas).
My code so far:
var canvas = $("#board")[0],
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"),
sprite = new Image();
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Is there any existing (old) game that released graphic as free or open source? [closed]
I'd like to (re)create an online version (html5/JS) of some old game, for example something like HoM&M 2.
Maybe, some of old games were released as free or open source (I'm interested in the ...
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How is an HTML5 game sold?
(I know this site doesn't give legal advice, but what I'm dealing here with isn't anything serious at all. Also, I apologize to JP for being annoying over this.)
Someone found a game I made on the ...
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Which game engine for HTML5 + Node.js [closed]
I want to create a realtime multiplayer game using and HTML5. I want to use node.js as the server, and I only need to be able to render images in a canvas, play some sounds, and do some basic ...
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What's the difference between Canvas and WebGL?
I'm thinking about using CAAT as a part of a HTML5 game engine. One of it's features is the ability to render to Canvas and WebGL without changing anything in the client code. That is a good thing, ...
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Javascript A* path finding ENEMY MOVEMENT in 3D environment [closed]
iam trying to implement pathfinding algorithm using PATHFINDING.JS in 3D world using webgl.
iam have made a matrix of 200x200. and placed my enemy(swat) in it .iam confused in implmenting the ...
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Free movement in a tile-based isometric game
Is there a reasonable easy way to implement free movement in a tile-based isometric game? Meaning that the player wouldn't just instantly jump from one tile to another or not be "snapped" to the grid ...
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How do I make a simple level system? [closed]
I've been learning programming for a while and things are slow but steady. I only have a couple experiments that look something like a game (JavaScript,HTML5,CANVAS). One of the things I would like to ...
