Build Your Own 2D Game Engine and Create Great Web Games: Using HTML5, JavaScript, and WebGL2

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7. Manipulating the Camera

Kelvin Sung¹  , Jebediah Pavleas², Matthew Munson³ and Jason Pace⁴

(1)

Bothell, WA, USA

(2)

Kenmore, WA, USA

(3)

Lake Forest Park, WA, USA

(4)

Portland, OR, USA

 

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

• Implement operations that are commonly employed in manipulating a camera

• Interpolate values between old and new to create a smooth transition

• Understand how some motions or behaviors can be described by simple mathematical formulations

• Build games with multiple camera views

• Transform positions from the mouse-clicked pixel ...