On Game Networking

• What every programmer needs to know about game networking, Glenn Fiedler, January 2010.
• Source Multiplayer Networking, VALVE Developer Community, October 2011.
• Unity Manual: Networked Multiplayer, November 2011.
• Mobile Multiplayer Gaming, Part 1: Real-Time Constraints, Michael Powers, November 2006.

Open Source HTML5 Game Engines

I hear about new HTML game engines almost every week. Here is a long list. Here are some free, open source, engines.

• Game Clousre DevKit – “This is a technology that already powers dozens of games, and has been battle tested against literally hundreds of mobile devices by millions of players around the world.”
• Turbulenz – ” a modular 3D and 2D game framework for making HTML5 powered games for browsers and mobile devices”
• FlashJS – “JavaScript graphics and game development engine with API similar to Flash”
• LimeJS– “A HTML5 game framework for building fast, native-experience games for all modern touchscreens and desktop browsers”
• Box2DJS– “Physics Engine for JavaScript”
• CAAT– “a Javascript Animation Toolkit”
• Chilly Framework– “Open source multiplayer platform for HTML5 Based Games”
• Cocos2d-javascript– “A 2D game/graphics engine”
• CreateJS – “A suite of Javascript libraries & tools for building rich, interactive experiences with HTML5.”
• CanvasQuery – “a wrapper library for HTML5 Canvas element which allows it to be used with jQuery like syntax. Also it adds a lot of common use image manipulation methods mainly convenient for game developers.”

HTML5 Game Tutorials

• Real Time Multiplayer in HTML5, Sven Bergström, July 2012
• Build Your First Game in HTML5, Anderson Rodrigues, July 2011.
• Developing Multiplayer HTML5 Games with node.js, Boris Smus, August 2011.
• HTML5 Multiplayer Game Development (Google Tech Talk Video), Bob Rawkes, July 2011.
• Real-time synchronous multiplayer 3D gaming with HTML5, Ian Langworth, May 2012.
• Getting Started With HTML5 Game Development, by Austin Hallock and Robert Nyman, September 2013.

HTML5 Game Examples

Here are some amazing games written in HTML5/JavaScript

• BananaBread – “3D first person shooter that runs on the web”
• BrowserQuest – “A massively multiplayer HTML5 (WebSocket + Canvas) game experiment”
• Multiplayer Asteroids – “Built on a Sunday afternoon using a super awesome API”
• Atari Arcade – Eight classic Atari games in HTML5
• Rawkets – A multiplayer space shooter built using HTML5 canvas and WebSockets