Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover
  • Book
  • © 2014

HTML5 Game Development Insights

Apress

Authors:

  1. Colt McAnlis
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Petter Lubbers
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. Brandon Jones
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  4. Duncan Tebbs
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  5. Andrzej Manzur
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  6. Sean Bennett
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  7. Florian d’Erfurth
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  8. Bruno Garcia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  9. Shun Lin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  10. Ivan Popelyshev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  11. Jason Gauci
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  12. Jon Howard
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  13. Ian Ballantyne
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  14. Jesse Freeman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  15. Takuo Kihira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  16. Tyler Smith
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  17. Don Olmstead
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  18. John McCutchan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  19. Chad Austin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  20. Andres Pagella
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • HTML5 Game Development Insights is a from-the-trenches collection of tips, hacks, and advice straight from professional game developers.

Sections

Buy it now

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
    PDF

  2. JavaScript Is Not the Language You Think It Is

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 1-13

  3. Optimal Asset Loading

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 15-41

  4. High-Performance JavaScript

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 43-57

  5. Efficient JavaScript Data Structures

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 59-68

  6. Faster Canvas Picking

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 69-86

  7. Autotiles

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 87-97

  8. Importing Flash Assets

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 99-103

  9. Applying Old-School Video Game Techniques in Modern Web Games

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 105-145

  10. Optimizing WebGL Usage

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 147-162

  11. Playing Around with the Gamepad API

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 163-175

  12. Introduction to WebSockets for Game Developers

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 177-194

  13. Real-Time Multiplayer Network Programming

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 195-29

  14. The State of Responsive Design

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 211-220

  15. Making a Multiplatform Game

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 221-230

  16. Developing Better Than Native Games

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 231-244

  17. Mobile Web Game Techniques with Canvas 2D API

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 245-261

  18. Faster Map Rendering

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 263-282

  19. HTML5 Games in C++ with Emscripten

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 283-298

  20. Introduction to TypeScript: Building a Rogue-like Engine

    • Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett et al.
    Pages 299-324
Back to top

About this book

HTML5 Game Development Insights is a from-the-trenches collection of tips, tricks, hacks, and advice straight from professional HTML5 game developers. The 24 chapters here include unique, cutting edge, and essential techniques for creating and optimizing modern HTML5 games. You will learn things such as using the Gamepad API, real-time networking, getting 60fps full screen HTML5 games on mobile, using languages such as Dart and TypeScript, and tips for streamlining and automating your workflow. Game development is a complex topic, but you don't need to reinvent the wheel. HTML5 Game Development Insights will teach you how the pros do it.

The book is comprised of six main sections: Performance; Game Media: Sound and Rendering; Networking, Load Times, and Assets; Mobile Techniques and Advice; Cross-Language JavaScript; Tools and Useful Libraries. Within each of these sections, you will find tips that will help you work faster and more efficiently and achieve better results.

Presented as a series of short chapters from various professionals in the HTML5 gaming industry, all of the source code for each article is included and can be used by advanced programmers immediately.

Back to top

About the authors

Colt McAnlis is a Developer Advocate at Google focusing on Games and Performance; Before that, he was a systems & graphics programmer in the games industry working at Blizzard, Microsoft (Ensemble), and Petroglyph. He’s a UDACITY course professor for HTML5 games, and also spent 4 years as an Adjunct Professor at SMU Guildhall's school for game development. When he's not working with developers, Colt spends his time preparing for an invasion of giant ants from outer space.
Back to top

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: HTML5 Game Development Insights

  • Authors: Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett, Florian d’Erfurth, Bruno Garcia, Shun Lin, Ivan Popelyshev, Jason Gauci, Jon Howard, Ian Ballantyne, Jesse Freeman, Takuo Kihira, Tyler Smith, Don Olmstead, John McCutchan, Chad Austin, … Andres Pagella

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6698-3

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-6697-6Published: 14 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-6698-3Published: 19 April 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 476

  • Number of Illustrations: 191 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Game Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Back to top

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top
Access via your institution

Buy it now

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Search

Navigation