HTML5 Game Development by Example - Second Edition: Make the most of HTML5 techniques to create exciting games from scratch

By Makzan

Make the most of HTML5 techniques to create exciting games from scratch

Key Features

- Get to grips with the latest HTML5, Canvas, CSS, and JavaScript techniques

- Learn to create exciting puzzle games, action games, multiplayer, and Box2D physics

- A task-based approach to achieve practical skills required for game development

Book Description

This book is for web designers who have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and want to create Canvas or DOM-based games that run on browsers.

What you will learn

- Build realtime network multiplayer games

- Add physics to your canvas games by using the Box2D physics engine

- Build a CSS3driven card game with transform and 3D flipping effects

- Learn to add sounds to your games

- Make a drawing tool in Canvas

- Create multiple layers in a canvas game

- Store game data persistently by using local storage

- Use sprite sheets to create framebased animation

Who this book is for:

This book is for web designers who have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and want to create Canvas or DOM-based games that run on browsers.

Table of Contents

- Introducing HTML5 Games

- Getting started with DOM based games

- Building a memory matiching game in CSS3

- Building an untagle game with canvas and drawing API

- Building a canvas game masterclass

- Adding sound to your game

- Using local storage to store game data

- Building a multiplayer draw and guess game with web sockets

- Building a physics car game with box2d and canvas

- Deploying a game

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178528777X
• ISBN13: 9781785287770
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"