JavaScript game development

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.

[This page is in English because its subject is not limited to the Metalab]

Platforms

• Wii!
• iPhone!
• Regular old boring computers

Technologies

• DHTML/DOM animation
• Canvas (Opera: 2dgame context)
• Wii Remote API & Events Library
• Moz Tech: XUL, XBL etc... no real justification for those though.
• 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

Projects & Ideas

• JS Spryjinx (c3o)

Prototype exists

• AjaxGo? (c3o, lfittl?)

Interested parties

• c3o

References

• iPhone Dev Camp Germany (date unannounced)
• JavaScriptGamer.com Arkanoid tutorial (uses Prototype)

Notable games

Multiplayer

• Primera
• GPokr
• Weboggle

Single player

• Lemmings
• Vox Imperium
• Arkanoid

iPhone

• Stack the Log

Experimental

• Canvex FPS
• Moon lander

Lists/indexes

• Coverage on Ajaxian