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Title: Best HTML5/JS game development framework? Post by: Greender on April 10, 2013, 03:11:36 PM I was doing some research, because I itch to go back to game development at least as a hobby. I wanted to learn some HTML 5/ JS framework, and I found a lot of options, the one that catched my attention the most was Impact JS, but it costs 99 USD. There are many more but I'm not sure, what do you recommend tigsters, what html 5/ js framework have you used and would recommend me?
Have a nice day dear sirs :monoclepop: Title: Re: Best HTML5/JS game development framework? Post by: X-Tender on April 11, 2013, 02:08:35 AM did you took a look at CreateJS? http://www.createjs.com/
Title: Re: Best HTML5/JS game development framework? Post by: Serapth on April 11, 2013, 06:18:22 AM I've a reasonably current list of HTML5 game engines/libraries (http://www.gamefromscratch.com/page/Links-of-interest-for-HTML5-game-developers.aspx)
ImpactJs is well regarded, has a good eco-system and a couple of books published about it. In all the threads I have read about it, I dont really recall anyone ever saying anything overly negative about it. So far as commercial JS engines, its certainly the top dog... That said... it's one of the only dogs too... outside it and construct, I cant really think of any other engines you need to pay for... So, this is obviously a downside. I personally dont find the 99$ a barrier of entry... *for me*, but suddenly if I want to work with a team, or share my code, etc... its a huge barrier.. The other "engines" I have worked with are Cocos2D-HTML ( in fact, I did a tutorial series (http://www.gamefromscratch.com/page/Cocos2D-book-round-up.aspx), if you want a closer look ) and CreateJs, or more specifically EaselJs. Cocos2D is very complete, has tools available and is a monster of a framework... but its Cocos2D... it's a very love it or hate it engine. EaselJS is very clean, its the graphics portion of CreateJs and it is very very very very simple to learn and use. It seems quite capable though, the entire Atari arcade was built around CreateJS. One is a library while the other is an engine, which appeals more to you really comes down to you. Title: Re: Best HTML5/JS game development framework? Post by: Greender on April 11, 2013, 06:31:06 AM I want something really oriented to developing videogames in order to save time in writing boilerplate code. I'm seriously considering buying impact js but I will check out the book first in order to decide, and I'll be sure to check out the other options all of you recommended thanks!
Another question, how is Impact JS performance wise? |