Jquery Game Development Essentials [Paperback]

Your knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery is just about all you need to start creating some stunning browser-based games. This guide shows you how, from the basics to advanced techniques. Whatever the genre, this is the book for you.

Overview

• Discover how you can create a fantastic RPG, arcade game, or platformer using jQuery!
• Learn how you can integrate your game with various social networks, creating multiplayer experiences and also ensuring compatibility with mobile devices.
• Create your very own framework, harnessing the very best design patterns and proven techniques along the way.

In Detail

jQuery is a leading multi-browser JavaScript library that developers across the world utilize on a daily basis to help simplify client-side scripting. Using the friendly and powerful jQuery to create games based on DOM manipulations and CSS transforms allows you to target a vast array of browsers and devices without having to worry about individual peculiarities.

jQuery Game Development Essentials will teach you how to use the environment, language, and framework that youre familiar with in an entirely new way so that you can create beautiful and addictive games. With concrete examples and detailed technical explanations you will learn how to apply game development techniques in a highly practical context.

This essential reference explains classic game development techniques like sprite animations, tile-maps, collision detection, and parallax scrolling in a context specific to jQuery. In addition, there is coverage of advanced topics specific to creating games with the popular JavaScript library, such as integration with social networks alongside multiplayer and mobile support. jQuery Game Development Essentials will take you on a journey that will utilize your existing skills as a web developer so that you can create fantastic, addictive games that run right in the browser.