A new feature of HTML5, allowing Javascript apps to have a drawing surface in the browser.

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Moving Character Based on background

I want to know how can i move the following character just in predefined areas as shown in the bg.jpg file character http://s7.postimg.org/ezyaclrrb/walking.gif bg ...
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How can I draw a small bitmap on a larger bitmap at a particular position? (Canvas / SurfaceView)

I'm building a game that requires additive blending of colours for certain bitmaps. Say I have 4 different types object, there are maybe ten of each type on the screen with each type having a ...
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Rotate object to face player touch [duplicate]

I need to make my sprite to face where the player have touched. I tried like this: public static double FaceObject(RectF position, RectF target) { return ...
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Why wouldn't one use Canvas for HTML 5 game development?

I'm just getting into the HTML 5 game development. I've discovered that some games seem to be created using just JS/CSS/HTML instead of the canvas. Since canvas seems to enjoy good browser ...
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View port for my canvas game

I am developing a canvas game, and im struggling to get my head around how i can make a view port so when the character moves the world moves with it. Unlike traditional 2d maps built with arrays i ...
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JavaScript - 2D Top-down Tile Collision Detection

I am developing a small Top-down Game (Much like the old Zelda Games) and I'm having an issue in terms of Collision detection (The actual theory itself rather than assigning Tiles as solid, etc.) I ...
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Low FPS on Java drawing in BufferStrategy

I ran into a very strange problem while using BufferStrategy, I've tried searching for an answer but all I have found are non-relevant threads and discussions. So here is my query. for (int i = 0; i ...
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Listview on Canvas. Nullexception error

I'm developing a game app. I use a MVC that updates and renders animations/text in a canvas. I need to show/hide a listView like I've done with this appTest: ...
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Android - Rendering HUD View to SurfaceView

I have developed a relatively simple game in android, to get my head around it all, and on the back of it developed a crude game engine (in the loosest sense!). I use a SurfaceView and canvas (no ...
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Good technological solutions to build an ascii map and moving characters in a browser (like dwarf fortress)?

I'd like to build a webapp for my game website that involves using text characters to represent animals and people, and have them move around on map squares with independent (server driven) AI. So ...
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Canvas isometric translations to integer coordinates

I'm creating a canvas based game with an isometric playing board. I use the following transformations to get my square tiles to render on the screen: 'applyViewportTransformation' : function() { ...
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Moving a sprite towards an x and y coordinate

Given a sprite with an x and y coordinate, how would I move it toward another sprite with an x and y coordinate? I've already made it face towards the other sprite, and I've made it move towards the ...
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Simple javascript HTML5 canvas start menu

I'm currently looking for a simple and basic start screen for a game using javascript, so basically its the first function that is called and then press play which then goes into the game. Looked ...
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Implementing a camera on HTML5 canvas?

I am trying to work out the best way of implementing a camera in my simple 2d game. The way it is structured at the moment is my game objects all have draw functions, which are passed a canvas ...
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Receiving keyboard events on a canvas in Javascript

I need to receive keyboard events in a canvas element. Click events are received but key presses aren't. Here is my code which doesn't handle key events: var canvasElm = $('canvas'); ...
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Client Side Logic vs Server Side Logic for HTML5 Game

I'm writing an HTML5 game that takes place in a single screen and does not have any data that would need to be saved (except for a score). I am writing all of my canvas logic on the front end. because ...
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What are pros and cons using easelJS library? [closed]

I am new to browser-based game development.I want to build a game that would be hosted on local server or on a system.Not to be on internet..currently.. I am completely new to field of game ...
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Game development for android using JQueryMobile or any OpenSource alternative for absolute beginners [closed]

I hope it doesn't really sound odd as this questions is for Game-development for Android Devices for absolute beginers. The reason for me asking is currently I am learning the Native App Development ...
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Android: Improving surfaceView?

I'm using Surfaceview in my Android app. I have two threads, one for UI and another for rendering and updading the UI. I am limiting my frames per second to 30 fps and have employed frame-skipping ...
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How to create an array of images on a canvas

I am developing a game that uses different images.When am image is swiped to the bottom of the screen it disappears and a new image appears at the top.Seeing as you can't delete an individual image I ...
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Basic isometric projection in Javascript

I've been working on porting an old closed source game to Javascript with Canvas and I've come to a slight problem. Right now, to display the land, I just have a pretty basic loop that just draws the ...
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Canvas animation drops to 30fps every 3-4 seconds

Ok! I solved the problem. Chapter One - Multiple Canvases I started to make pong utilizing requestAnimationFrame and I noticed that the ball was stuttering and slowing down every 3-4 seconds. So I ...
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Difference between rotation methods?

My question is in about rotate methods in android.graphics.Camera. In Docs, I saw these comments: public void rotateX (float deg) Since: API Level 1 Applies a rotation transform around the X ...
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Player movement behind objects

I was playing around on RPG JS and Browser Quest, and the player, when moving, can give the effect of walking behind the trees or houses etc, so the player effectively disappears while it is "behind" ...
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A* mouse movement javascript top-down game

Im trying to implement a* path finding for my character movement in my game. The game is written in javaScript along with jQuery in a canvas. I have read up on A* so i believe i understand what it ...
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Transformation Matrix in Android Canvas?

This question is following up my previous question that I asked it in stackoverflow: Hide a face of a 3D shape behind another,Android canvas? I have a canvas and I have to get the normal vector of a ...
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How to create 2D shadows

Could help about creating lighting and shadows in a 2D environment, like the image below. http://i.stack.imgur.com/0FEQz.gif I did several searches but got no results ( ps: sorry my bad english i'm ...
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Need Guidance Making HTML5 Canvas Game Engine

So I have some free time this winter break and want to build a simple 2d HTML5 canvas game engine. Mostly a physics engine that will dictate the way objects move and interact(collisions, etc). I made ...
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Drawing polygons in 3D

I have recently been working on a 3D engine from scratch, using JavaScript and HTML5. I've successfully created lines (although slightly buggy) and points, but I can't figure out faces. My current ...
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HTML5/JS - Choppy Game Loop

I have been experimenting with HTML5/JS, trying to create a simple game when I hit a wall. My choice of game loop is too choppy to be actually of any use in a game. I'm trying for a fixed time step ...
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Remove enemy when bullet hits enemy

For my education I have to make a basic game in HTML5 canvas. The game is a shooter game. When you can move left -> right and space is shoot. When I shoot the bullets will move up. The enemy moves ...
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Collision detection problems - Javascript/Canvas game

What I want to do: I simply want the have a 2D array to represent my game map. I want a player sprite and I want that sprite to be able to move around my map freely using the keyboard and also have ...
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HTML5 platformer collision detection problem

I'm working on a 2D platformer game, and I'm having a lot of trouble with collision detection. I've looked trough some tutorials, questions asked here and Stackoverflow, but I guess I'm just too dumb ...
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Animating sprites in HTML5 canvas

I'm creating a 2D platformer game with HTML5 canvas and javascript. I'm having a bit of a struggle with animations. Currently I animate by getting preloaded images from an array, and the code is ...
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Drawing two orthogonal strings in 3d space in Android Canvas?

I want to draw two strings in canvas. The first string must be rotated around the Y axis, for example 45 degrees. The second string must start at the end of the first string and also it must be ...
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Which structures to use for maintaining 2D objects on canvas? How to map clicks to objects?

I need to draw some 2D objects on a canvas. And I need to map the 2D coordinates of clicks to objects. What is the usual way to maintain a 2D object's size and position (which data structures, ...
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Issues with shooting in a HTML5 platformer game

I'm coding a 2D sidescroller using only JavaScript and HTML5 canvas, and in my game I have two problems with shooting: 1) Player shoots continous stream of bullets. I want that player can shoot only ...
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How To Scale Canvas In Android

I am writing a android game using Canvas as the way to draw everything, the problem is that when i run it on different android phones the canvas dosn't change size i tried using canvas.scale() but ...
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How to shift a vector based on the rotation of another vector?

I’m learning 2D programming, so excuse my approximations, and please, don’t hesitate to correct me. I am just trying to fire a bullet from a player. I’m using HTML canvas (top left origin). Here is a ...
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Jump handling and gravity

I'm new to game development and am looking for some help on improving my jump handling for a simple side scrolling game I've made. I would like to make the jump last longer if the key is held down ...
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What would be a good way to implement/render a 2D tiled map for a browser game?

I've made this little RPG Ruby game I did while learning and now I'd like to make it into a browser game. I've already set up Sinatra framework to serve it, so what I am looking for, before everything ...
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HTML5 game programming style [closed]

I am currently trying learn javascript in form of HTML5 games. Stuff that I've done so far isn't too fancy since I'm still a beginner. My biggest concern so far has been that I don't really know what ...
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Android Array Lag?

I am making a platform game for Android. It is sort of a tile based game. I added bullets and enemies with AI and a bunch of tile types. I created a simple map with no Enemies. Everything was running ...
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Smooth scrolling a staggered iso map [closed]

I got a staggered iso map that I want to be able to drag scroll with the mouse. I have it almost working but it is a bit glitchy, especially near the borders. Maybe you have an idea how to fix that. ...
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Box2dWeb positioning relative to HTML5 Canvas

I'm new with HTML5 canvas and Box2DWeb and I'm trying to make an Asteroids game. So far I think I'm doing okay, but one thing I'm struggling to comprehend is how positioning works in relation to the ...
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canvas graphic output doesn't work [closed]

at the moment i'm developing a 3D-Vector-Coordinates-to-2D-Canvas-Calculation. the code is ready, the canvas too, but something doesn't work right... You can find my code at ...
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Repeat a part of spritesheet as background

So I'm trying to repeat a part of my spritesheet as a background (js, canvas). My code so far: var canvas = $("#board")[0], ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"), sprite = new Image(); ...
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What's the difference between Canvas and WebGL?

I'm thinking about using CAAT as a part of a HTML5 game engine. One of it's features is the ability to render to Canvas and WebGL without changing anything in the client code. That is a good thing, ...
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Free movement in a tile-based isometric game

Is there a reasonable easy way to implement free movement in a tile-based isometric game? Meaning that the player wouldn't just instantly jump from one tile to another or not be "snapped" to the grid ...
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Faking Display tree (Sprite) parent child relationships with rasters (BitmapData) in ActionScript 3

I am working with Rasters (bitmapData) and blliting (copypixels) in a 2d-game in actionscript 3. I like how you can move a sprite and it moves all it's children, and you can simultaneously move the ...

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