Andrzej Mazur - who am I?

• Front-end developer
• JavaScript programmer
• Employed by Britenet in Roche
• Blogger: blog.end3r.com ⁄ dev.end3r.com
• HTML5 games developer! end3r.com/games
• Organizer of the js13kGames competition

Three main things to talk about

• 1. Is HTML5 ready?
• 2. Is HTML5 ready for gaming?
• 3. The future of HTML5 game development

1. HTML5 weak spots?

• Performance
• Monetisation
• Offline
• Development environment
• HTML5 versus native

Performance

• Limited hardware access
• HTML5 != native
• Multiplatform vs one platform
• Firefox OS

Monetisation

• Distribution platforms
• Phonegap
• Mozilla Marketplace
• PayPal, Sellbox
• Web ads

Working Offline

• Web Storage API
• AppCache
• IndexedDB
• Web SQL

Development Environment

• Browser!
• Text editor
• Web development tools
• "Easy to learn, hard to master"

HTML5 advantages over native

• Build once, deploy everywhere
• Share the URL over the web
• Agreed standards
• Millions of web developers
• Low entry point
• Smart updates
• Responsive ⁄ adaptive design

Avoid mistakes

• Don't code for one browser only
• Feature detection, not browser sniffing
• Don't forget about mobile
• Build products, not demos

2. Is HTML5 ready for gaming?

• Ecosystem: competitions, conferences, portals
• Game engines
• APIs for games
• Showcase of HTML5 games

Game engines

• Cocos2D, Enchant.js, gameQuery, Gladius, LimeJS, MelonJS, Pomelo, Crafty, Mibbu, Construct 2, ImpactJS, Isogenic Engine, Playcraft, Spaceport, Kiwi.js
• Various tools of the trade
• For coding or for drag'n'dropping
• Simple or advanced

APIs

• Web APIs
• Gamepad API
• Pointer Lock
• Fullscreen

HTML5 games goodness

• Performant
• Beautiful
• Console-like experience

Angry Birds (Box2D)

Cut the rope (IE9)

Biolab Disaster (ImpactJS)

Browser Quest (Mozilla)

Emberwind (Opera)

Fieldrunners

HexGL

D.E.M.O. (PlayCanvas)

Bananabread (Mozilla)

Save The Day (Turbulenz)

Quake 4 WebGL (Turbulenz)

All the others

Score Rush, Lunch Bug, Agent 008 Ball, Front Invaders, X-Type, Sinuous, Swarmatron, Rawkets, Pirates Love Daisies, Solitaire, Sumon, Onslaught Arena, Runfield, Tank World, Bejeweled, Canvas Rider, WPilot, Wizard Quest, Chain Reaction, SpacePi, Blobby Volley 2, Entanglement, Canvas Defense, Dead Valley, Z-Type, PacMan, Crystal Galaxy, HTML5 Helicopter, Orbium, Plain Chess and many, many more...

3. The future of HTML5 game dev

• Multiplatform games
• IE9 on XBox 360
• Ouya
• Smart TVs
• Firefox OS