HTML5 games development by example : beginner's guide : create six fun games using the latest HTML5, Canvas, CSS, and JavaScript techniques

Annotation HTML5 promises to be the hot new platform for online games. HTML5 games work on computers, smartphones, and tablets including iPhones and iPads. Be one of the first developers to build HTML5 games today and be ready for tomorrow!The book will show you how to use latest HTML5 and CSS3 web standards to build card games, drawing games, physics games and even multiplayer games over the network. With the book you will build 6 example games with clear step-by-step tutorials. HTML5, CSS3 and related JavaScript API is the latest hot topic in Web. These standards bring us the new game market, HTML5 Games. With the new power from them, we can design games with HTML5 elements, CSS3 properties and JavaScript to play in browsers. The book divides into 9 chapters with each one focusing on one topic. We will create 6 games in the book and specifically learn how we draw game objects, animate them, adding audio, connecting players and building physics game with Box2D physics engine. What you will learn from this book :Start nice and simple: build a traditional Ping Pong game with two players playing in one computer. Create a CSS3-driven card game with transform and 3D flipping effects. Use the Canvas with multiple layers and the Drawing API to create a string untangle gameFrame-by-frame animation with sprite sheetsCreate HTML5 game audio, and build a piano-based musical gameStore game data persistently using local storage. Building real-time network multiplayer gamesAdding physics to your canvas games using the Box2D physics engine. ApproachStep-by-step example-driven tutorials to create several games from scratch. Each game comes with a specific learning topic in HTML5 or CSS3. Who this book is written forThis book is for web designers or game developers who want to build browser games with HTML5 and CSS3. Youll need some background with web development or other programming but no game development experience is necessary This is a practical hands-on book with clear instructions and lot of code examples. It takes a simple approach, guiding you through different architectural topics using realistic sample projects. A single project is implemented using different architectural styles to make the reader understand the details of each style. There are also many small independent code samples to explain design patterns, WCF, and localization. This book is for people familiar with the ASP.NET framework using either C# or VB.NET. You don't need to be an ASP.NET guru – the book is ideal for novice and intermediate developers. If reading about application architecture usually confuses you or sends you to sleep, then this book will be perfect for you! In short, any ASP.NET programmer who is confused or disoriented reading different books or materials on architectures wondering how and what to implement in their application, will definitely benefit from this book!