[casual_games] HTML5/Canvas Game Engine Solutions.

[oscar is oscar]

Will review at length. ;) Thank you.

More input please. ^_^

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Aaron Murray <aaron at tandemgames.com> wrote:

> Here are some links (not game-specific) that I *highly* recommend so that

> you can target the smallest moving target possible when developing your

> html5 games. These are not game-frameworks, but you'll need more than a game

> framework to properly create supporting websites, etc.

>

> HTML5 Boilerplate is a good start for sites in general. It has a bunch of

> layout resets to make the platforms behave similarly right from the start.

> It also has built in ant scripts for merging/minifying. While you'll

> probably end up rolling your own more complicated/custom way of doing the

> stuff in the boilerplate project, it is a great reference for the various

> tweaks that you *should* be doing. It's also well documented so that you can

> see *why* certain things are done the way they are (like how to get various

> iPhone/Android icons to show up).

> http://html5boilerplate.com/

>

> Modernizr provides feature detection for HTML5 / CSS3, among other things,

> so that you "know" what the device you're running on supports.

> http://www.modernizr.com/docs/#features-css

>

> Augment JS will provide modern built-in javascript methods for all browsers

> when the native support is lacking, which let's you write your JS using the

> latest language features.

> http://olivernn.github.com/augment.js/

>

> You should also consider having your site/game work on browsers that

> don't naively support HTML5. In order to do this easily/effectively, check

> out "shims" or "polyfills" - which basically will stub out support for the

> features if the browser doesn't. Not all shims will provide the appropriate

> level of functionality/speed, but at a minimum it should keep the who stack

> from crashing, which is a great start.

> Typically you add shims for each feature that you use. Here is a nice list:

> https://github.com/Modernizr/Modernizr/wiki/HTML5-Cross-browser-Polyfills

>

> Lastly, any web developer should also familiarize themselves with the

> features/changes in HTML5. A good start:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5

> http://dev.w3.org/html5/html4-differences/

>

>

> Aaron Murray

> Technical Director, Founder

> Tandem Games

> www.TandemGames.com

> www.DomainOfHeroes.com

> www.AliensAndRobots.com

> "Fun for All. All for Fun."

>

>

> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:25 AM, oscar is oscar

> <oscar.oscar.oscar at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> I know Impact.js is pretty big now, but anyone know about making HTML5

>> games... trying to line up some workstuff for agile contractors.

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