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Tips on building a real time multi player web platform + framework and/or tookit
I'm trying to develop a multi player game web app which basically should be able to achieve the following goals:
Provide a game engine + framework/toolkit to let third party corporation integrate ...
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Gameover scene transition [duplicate]
I created a gameover scene in a crafty.js project but it does not run.
Crafty.scene('gameover', function() {
Crafty.background("#ccc");
Crafty.audio.stop("bg");
});
var gameOver = ...
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Node.js Achievement Engine? [closed]
I am looking to add achievements to a card game written in Node.js/JavaScript. I don't need/want them to be tied to an existing achievements "store" like Steam, Facebook, Game Center, etc. I am just ...
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Isometric game engine in JavaScript/HTML5 [closed]
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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Do any open source JavaScript 3D physics engines exist? [closed]
I'm working on a web-based 3D FPS game using WebGL, HTML5 and JavaScript. It is supposed to target PCs and net-books with WebGL-enabled browsers installed.
I'm wondering if there's an existing open ...
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Binding C++ and V8 Javascript from Google
The examples are quite challenging to grasp if you are still getting your head around other things, so the simplest example would be great.
Is there a simpler example?
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5answers
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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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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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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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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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2answers
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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?
