Game Development with JavaScript and the Canvas element

Game Development with JavaScript and the Canvas element

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I have written a new series that shows you how to create a platformer game using JavaScript and the new Canvas element that is part of the HTML version 5 standard. This is officially a Chrome Experiment.

• An introduction to the canvas element
• Drawing an image to the canvas
• Advanced image manipulations with the canvas element
• Parallax scrolling with the canvas element
• Creating the game framework - part 1
• Creating the game framework - part 2
• Animations
• JavaScript keyboard input
• Putting it all together
• Defining a level
• Jumping and falling
• Adding Powerups
• Resource Loading
• Adding a main menu

View the live demos here.

If you enjoyed these tutorials you may also like the CAKE Programming Tutorial series.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/webdemos/files/webdemos/