Contents

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

About the Cover Image Artist

Introduction

Chapter 1: The State of Open Web Games

A brief introduction

Why should you care about open web games?

Easy to get started

Excellent documentation

Large and friendly community

Write once, use anywhere

Uncompiled and open

Everyone has control

Access to the world's biggest audience

What is the current state of open web games?

Game-related browser technologies already exist

2D graphics with HTML5 canvas and SVG

3D graphics with WebGL

Better animation performance with requestAnimationFrame

Music and sound with HTML5 audio and the audio data APIs

Real-time multiplayer gameplay with WebSockets

Store data locally with IndexedDB, Local Storage, and other ...

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