Arjan Egges - Building JavaScript Games: for Phones, Tablets, and Desktop [2014, PDF/EPUB, ENG] + Code

Building JavaScript Games: for Phones, Tablets, and Desktop

Год: 2014
Автор: Arjan Egges
Издательство: Apress
ISBN: 978-1-4302-6538-2
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF/EPUB
Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook)
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 422
Описание:

Building JavaScript Games teaches game programming through a series of engaging, arcade-style games that quickly expand your JavaScript and HTML5 skills. JavaScript is in the top ten most-used programming languages world wide, and is the basis for applications that can run in any modern browser, on any device from smart phone to tablet to PC. Especial emphasis is given to touch-based interface, but all games also run using a regular mouse and keyboard setup.

What you’ll learn

Create games to run on phones and tablets
Manage sprites and other game objects
React to player input through touch and button presses
Allow game players to progress through different levels
Achieve realistic movement through applied physics
Prepare your games properly for commercial deployment
Who this book is for

Building JavaScript Games is for technology enthusiasts interested in learning about programming, and especially about game programming on their mobile devices. The book is also ideal for programmers in other languages wanting to make the move to mobile development using the cross-platform environment of JavaScript and HTML5. If you’re interested in browser-based development, especially the development of mobile games, then Building JavaScript Games is the perfect choice.