<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Using HTML5 APIs and related standards-based technologies, developers can build best-selling games that run smoothly and fast on any modern PC, tablet, or smartphone browser.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>Core HTML5 Game Programming</I> </B> walks you step-by-step through building an HTML5 arcade-style game entirely from scratch, with no third-party frameworks, showing how to implement each key component of a game from the ground up. Packed with code examples, this full-color tutorial gives you the in-depth understanding you need to design and build any kind of HTML5 game on your own, whether you choose to use a framework or not.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Expert author David Geary (author of <B> <I>Core HTML5 Canvas</I> </B> and creator of the popular IBM DevWorks series <I>HTML5 Game Programming) </I>covers all the foundational HTML5 APIs you need to build pro-quality 2D games. Geary illuminates Canvas 2D API, timing controls for script-based animations, audio, CSS3 transitions, media queries, and more. You'll learn how to:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Set up an efficient HTML5 game development environment</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create smooth, engaging animations</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Scroll backgrounds and create parallax effects</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Find and use freely available graphics, sound, and music</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Implement collision detection, particle systems, and realistic physics</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Create realistic jumping, falling, and explosions</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Deploy your game to a server and transmit high scores and in-game statistics</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Display information on a Heads-Up Display (HUD)</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Make your games run on mobile devices</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">And much more</DIV> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B> <I>Core HTML5 Game Programming</I> </B> dives more deeply into HTML5 game programming than any other book, filling huge gaps left by competing titles, and giving developers the deep mastery they need to create truly great games.</P>