The web Game Developer's Cookbook : : Using Javascript and Html5 to Develop Games

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Call Number: 794.815 Bu
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	794.815 Bu	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Quiz -- Interactive fiction (Zork, choose your own adventure books) -- Party (Rock band, Mario party) -- Puzzle (Bejeweled) -- Platformer (Super Mario Bros., Sonic the hedgehog) -- Fighting (Street fighter II) -- Shooter (Gradius) -- FPS (Doom) -- RPG (Final fantasy) -- RTS (Starcraft) -- Leveling up.
"Coverage includes: Mastering an essential HTML5/JavaScript game development toolset: browser, text editor, terminal, JavaScript console, game engine, and more; Accelerating development with external libraries and proven patterns; Managing browser differences between IE, Firefox, and Chrome; Getting up to speed on web development with a QUIZ game built with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and JQuery; Creating INTERACTIVE FICTION 'gamebooks' that leverage new CSS3 features and impress.js; Building PARTY games around the lightweight atom.js engine; Developing PUZZLE games with the easel.js graphics rendering engine; Writing PLATFORMERS with melon.js and its integrated tilemap editor; Coding intense 2-player FIGHTING games for web browsers with game.js; Building a SPACE SHOOTER with the jQuery-based gameQuery game engine; Implementing pseudo-3D techniques like ray casting for an FPS (First Person Shooter) style game; Producing a 16 bit RPG (Role Playing Game) complete with interfaces for dialog, inventories, and turn-based battles with enchant.js; Building an isometric RTS (Real Time Strategy) game that incorporates server components along with node.js, socket.io, and crafty.js; Engaging players with content that encourages exploration"--Publisher's website.

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Very in depth submitted by mbleed on June 16, 2015, 7:16am Not for beginning programming, but some very good overviews of available technologies for making games using only freely available web technologies.