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Game programming offers a wealth of creative and business opportunities, and it’s never been more accessible. In Core HTML5 2D Game Programming, best-selling author David Geary shows you how to use freely available browser tools and open source resources to create video games that run in desktop browsers and on mobile devices.   Geary walks you step by step through every aspect of implementing a sophisticated arcade-style game entirely from scratch, without using proprietary game frameworks. Packed with code, this full-color tutorial gives you the in-depth understanding you need to design and build any kind of HTML5 2D game on your own, whether you use a framework or not.   A clearly written, accessible, and exhaustive guide to implementing games, this book leaves no stone unturned, showing you how to Create smooth, flicker-free animations Implement motion that’s unaffected by your game’s underlying animation frame rate Animate sprites (graphical objects) to make them sparkle, explode, etc.



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