HTML5 Game Development Insights

Colt McAnlis (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 143026697X / ISBN 13: 9781430266976

Published by Apress, 2014

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HTML5 Game Development Insights | Colt McAnlis (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xxvi | Englisch | 2014 | Apress | EAN 9781430266976 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: APress in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HTML5 Game Development Insights
• Publisher: Apress
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 143026697X
• ISBN 13: 9781430266976
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 191H x 25D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 191 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 881 grams
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.