How to build

a simple HTML5 game

in 4 years

meet.js

Andrzej Mazur@end3rEnclave Games
Meet.js Warsaw, November 24th 2016

onGameStart 2012

onGameStart 2012

dev.end3r.com/2012/09/ongamestart-2012-the-aftermath/

js13kGames

js13kGames

BlackMoon Design

Ender pixelated

Enclave Games

Enclave Games

enclavegames.com

Wizard Quest

Wizard Quest

"I hope it will be ready in November or December."

- November 2nd, 2012
dev.end3r.com/2012/11/first-look-at-the-new-upcoming-html5-game-wizard-quest/

"I hate that game, literally."

- June 30th, 2016
dev.end3r.com/2016/06/i-hate-wizard-quest/

MMORPG

MMORPG

The game

Wizard Quest - banner
Wizard Quest - main menu
Wizard Quest - bestiary
Wizard Quest - achievements
Wizard Quest - map
Wizard Quest - gameplay

wizard.enclavegames.com

Perfection or vanity

Perfection

So many tools

Tools

Pure JavaScript

Vanilla JS

jQuery

jQuery

ImpactJS

ImpactJS

Phaser

Phaser

If at first you don't succeed,

try again start something else

Captain Rogers

Captain Rogers - gameplay

Success story

Antyweb

rogers.enclavegames.com

You suck

You suck

Know what you don't know

Knowledge

Have a plan

Have a plan

Keep It Simple, Stupid

Keep it simple

Iterate

Keep calm and iterate

Versioning

Version 2.0

Be open to feedback

Feedback

Expose yourself

Movie

Set deadlines

Market

Focus and deliver

Focus and deliver

Get it done

Get it done

Summary

  1. KISS
  2. KISS
  3. KISS
KISS
Gamedev.js

gamedevjs.com

Thanks! Questions?

 

 

end3r.com/slides/meetjs-wq

 

 

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