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A collection of tutorials and inspiration for developing html5 games

The Big List Of Royalty Free Graphics. 1238 free SVG and PNG icons for your games or apps | Game-icons.net. The Beginner's Guide to three.js. In this step-by-step guide, we’re going to create a 3D version of the Treehouse logo using three.js, which is a 3D graphics framework built on top of WebGL. Click and drag your mouse to orbit the camera! You can also use your mousewheel to zoom in and out. See the Demo Download the Code View on CodePen Note: You’ll need the desktop version of either Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. See browser compatibility below. 3D graphics can be difficult, especially 3D in the browser.

Even though three.js might look complex at first, it would actually take even more code to write the same thing in pure WebGL, mostly because we’d need to write a rendering engine. Browser Compatibility For this tutorial, you’ll need the desktop version of either Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Also, if you’re using Safari, you need to enable WebGL first. Open the Preferences menu.Click on the Advanced tab.Click the checkbox that says Show Develop menu in menu bar.Open the Develop menu from the menu bar and select Enable WebGL.

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Game inspiration. The Reality of HTML5 Game Development and making money from it. The Reality of HTML5 Game Development and making money from it Note: This was written near the end of January 2012 and as such reflects the state of the technology and markets at the time. Everything is moving so fast a lot of the information below is subject to change, so bear that in mind. HTML5 game development and indeed the abilities of web browsers are in state of rapid evolution right now. On the HTML5 Game Devs site that I run I’ve been noticing an increasing pace of new content, game releases, tutorials, business news and technology. High profile and high quality game releases such as the Microsoft sponsored Cut the Rope are making headlines across the world, and engaging the public more than ever before.

But what is the reality of developing an HTML5 game today? Especially for those coming from a different platform. HTML5 is just a mark-up standard! Relax When I talk about “HTML5″ I’m doing so from the popular media use of the word, rather than the technical one. Canvas WebSockets. List of JS game engines. You can find a wikified version at Feel free to modify that. I sync it here every once in a while.