How do you make a video game? Advanced Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript is a down to earth
education in how to make video games from scratch using the powerful HTML5 and JavaScript
technologies. This book is a point-by-point round up of all the essential techniques that every
game designer needs to know. You'll discover how to create and render game graphics add
interactivity sound and animation. You ll learn how to build your own custom game engine with
reusable components so that you can quickly develop games with maximum impact and minimum code.
You ll also learn the secrets of vector math and advanced collision detection techniques all
of which are covered in a friendly and non-technical manner. You'll find detailed working
examples with hundreds of illustrations and thousands of lines of source code that you can
freely adapt for your own projects. All the math and programming techniques are elaborately
explained and examples are open-ended to encourage you to think of original ways to use these
techniques in your own games. You can use what you learn in this book to make games for
desktops mobile phones tablets or the Web. Advanced Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript is
a great next step for experienced programmers or ambitious beginners who already have some
JavaScript experience and want to jump head first into the world of video game development. It
s also great follow-up book for readers of Foundation Game Design with HTML5 and JavaScript (by
the same author) who want to add depth and precision to their skills. The game examples in this
book use pure JavaScript so you can code as close to the metal as possible without having to
be dependent on any limiting frameworks or game engines. No libraries no dependencies no
third-party plugins: just you your computer and the code. If you re looking for a book to
take your game design skills into the stratosphere and beyond this is it!
