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Why would anyone do that? Because on two recent cool devices, JavaScript is the ONLY option for open, unrestricted application development. Because making games in JS is a hack and a challenge. Because few people have pushed the technology to its performance limits yet. And because we can.


== Platforms ==

* Wii!
* iPhone!
* Regular old boring computers

== Technologies ==

* DHTML/DOM animation
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/HTML:Canvas Canvas] (Opera: [http://my.opera.com/WebApplications/blog/show.dml/200788 2dgame context])
* [http://www.pushingbuttons.net/blog/?p=34 Wii Remote API] & [http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/jslibs/script-wiimoteevents Events Library]
* Moz Tech: XUL, XBL etc... no real justification for those though.
* Upcoming Safari CSS extensions: [http://webkit.org/blog/130/css-transforms/ transformations] & [http://webkit.org/blog/138/css-animation/ animation]
* Upcoming canvas 3d context

== What to do ==

* Start a wiki?
* Build a library? Input handling, sprite animation, collision detection, SFX, etc etc. Needs more research.
* Organize a competition like [[PyWeek]]
* Organize a introductory course/workshop

== Projects & Ideas ==

* JShmup ([[user:c3o|c3o]])
: Full window shoot em up as browser stress test
: Prototype exists (flying+shooting)
* JS Spryjinx ([[user:c3o|c3o]])
: Remake of simple DOS 2 player platform game
: Prototype exists (basic game elements, 2 player controls, game over)
* AjaxGo ([[user:c3o|c3o]], [[user:lfittl|lfittl]])
: Multiplayer online Go
: Idea only
* [[Benutzer:TomK32|TomK32]] has a few javascript games:
: [https://github.com/TomK32/typedown typedown] (2011-10) uses Canvas and keyboard input
: [https://github.com/TomK32/trollbridge-armours Trollbridge Armours] (2011-05) uses SVG.

== Interested parties ==

* [[user:c3o|c3o]]
* [[user:lfittl|lfittl]]
* [[user:Snaut|snaut]]
* [[user:Menroth|Menroth]]
* [[user:Tametick|Ido]]
* [[Benutzer:TomK32|TomK32]]
* [[Benutzer:tiefenb|tiefenb]]

== References ==

* [https://github.com/bebraw/jswiki/wiki/Game-Engines Comparison sheet of js game engines]
* [http://javascriptgamer.com/brickslayer/ JavaScriptGamer.com Arkanoid tutorial] (uses Prototype)
* [http://www.sean.co.uk/a/webdesign/javascript_gamelib/javascript_gamelib.shtm JavaScript gamelib]

== Notable games ==

'''Multiplayer'''
* [http://primera.sebastian.it/ Primera]
* [http://gpokr.com/ GPokr]
* [http://weboggle.shackworks.com Weboggle]
'''Single player'''
* [http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/04/super-mario-in-14kb-javascript.html Super Mario]
* [http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/05/javascript-super-mario-kart.html Super Mario Kart]
* [http://www.geekin.de/data/public/umsetzung/minesweeper/ Minesweeper] (uses the JS gamelib)
* [http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/ Lemmings]
* [http://www.voximperium.com/ Vox Imperium]
* [http://www.schillmania.com/arkanoid/arkanoid.html Arkanoid]
* [http://www.def-logic.com/games.html Def-Logic games]
* [http://www.thomasscott.net/realworldracer/ Realworld Racer] (on Google Maps)
'''iPhone'''
* [http://xwuz.com/stack/game.html Stack the Log]
'''Experimental'''
* [http://canvex.lazyilluminati.com Canvex] FPS
* [http://www.bennolan.com/articles/2007/01/24/moon-lander-using-the-canvas-tag Moon lander]

'''Lists/indexes'''
* [http://ajaxian.com/by/topic/games/ Coverage on Ajaxian]


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