A hands-on course to explore features of HTML5 Canvas
Key Features
- Start drawing on Canvas with JavaScript
- Use images on Canvas with the image options available
- Advanced features such as image rotation and applying shadows to text
Book Description
This course goes over the features of HTML5 in a way that will help you quickly implement the concepts in interesting projects. You'll learn how to draw elements on Canvas and add keyboard event listeners for arrow keys and player interaction. A smooth animation is very critical for game play, and this course goes on to explain it in great detail. You will also learn other essentials required for gaming, such as scoring and applying automation to player moments.
The games involved in the course are as follows:
#1 HTML5 Canvas Pong: Hit the ball between 2 players on screen
#2 HTML5 Canvas falling items catcher: Catch items before they hit the bottom of the screen
#3 Bubble popper with mouse clicks: Click the bubbles as they appear randomly on the screen
#4 Brick breakout game: A version of the classic brick breaker game
#5 Battle Bots game on Canvas: Two autonomous players or take control and have 2 players using the keyboard
By the end of the course, you will have mastered the basic techniques to create a game using HTML5 Canvas. All you would have used to achieve this feat are HTML and JavaScript.
All resources and code files are placed here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/HTML5-Canvas-Element
What you will learn
- Create your first game using HTML5 and Canvas
- Use the Canvas element to draw
- Apply JavaScript to create Canvas effects, such as matrix, bouncing ball and more
- Build a game with HTML5 Canvas, apply game logic, and more
- Build projects that use advanced features of HTML Canvas
- Create 2-player interaction and response
Who this book is for
Anyone who wants to create games with HTML and JavaScript will find this course very useful. Prior knowledge of both HTML and JavaScript is needed for this course.
