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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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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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2D maps, how to structure?

I'm new to this. And I don't really understand 2D tile maps. The tutorials I've read use arrays, but doesn't this get really difficult to manage when they get big? And what if I want different ...
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How to efficiently store and display a tile map on the web?

About These are actually two questions in one. First of all I am looking for a way to efficiently store large amounts of tile data. The other aspect deals with querying the data set and displaying ...
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1answer
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How do I show the current view from the viewport on my map?

I'm doing HTML5 Canvas development and currently have a large viewport (on the left) and a map (on the right). Like this: I need to show on the map what is currently being viewed in the left. And ...