Pro Android Web Game Apps: Using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

Book Description

Dive into game development and create great multiplayer online games with Pro Android Web Game Apps. This hands-on guide covers both the theory and practice of browser game development for the Android platform. You’ll use cutting-edge technologies to make game engines in your browser, establish real-time server communication, and create amazing gaming experiences with artificial intelligence and rich media.

Bring your knowledge of HTML and JavaScript to the next level with Pro Android Web Game Apps. You are guided through exciting projects that give you firsthand experience with core game app development concepts. You’ll start with a blank HTML page, and by the end of the book, have the skills needed to  create a multiplayer online game with rich graphics, sound, animation, and more—even if you have no previous games development or server-side experience.

What you’ll learn

• How to set up your development environment, run applications, and debug and profile code
• How to work with graphics and animations in a browser
• How to optimize rendering and make your games run faster
• How to handle events and user inputBuild an isometric game engineLearn the basics of 3D programming and WebGL
• How to use JavaScript to create full-blown server-side support for your games
• How to enrich your games using artificial intelligence

Who this book is for

The book is intended for developers with some generic HTML and JavaScript background who want to boost their experience to the next level and learn how to utilize browsers to build attractive multiplayer games for Android platform. No previous games development or server-side knowledge is required.

Table of Contents

1. Preparing the Environment
2. Graphics in the Browser: the Canvas Element
3. Creating the First Game
4. Animations and Sprites
5. Event Handling and User Input
6. Rendering Virtual Worlds
7. Making an Isometric Engine
8. 3D in a Browser
9. Using WebGL
10. Going Serverside
11. Talking to the Server
12. Making Multiplayer Games
13. AI and Physics
14. JavaScript Game Engines
15. Building Native Applications
16. Adding Sound
17. App A: Debugging Web Applications

中文：

书名：Pro Android Web Game Apps: Using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

使用Pro Android网络游戏应用程序潜心开发游戏并创建出色的多人在线游戏。这本实践指南涵盖了Android平台浏览器游戏开发的理论和实践。您将使用尖端技术在您的浏览器中制作游戏引擎，建立实时服务器通信，并使用人工智能和富媒体创造令人惊叹的游戏体验。

使用专业Android网络游戏应用程序，将您的HTML和JavaScript知识提升到一个新的水平。您将被引导通过令人兴奋的项目，让您亲身体验核心游戏应用程序开发概念。您将从一个空白的HTML页面开始，到本书结束时，您将拥有创建具有丰富图形、声音、动画和更多内容的多人在线游戏所需的技能-即使您以前没有游戏开发或服务器端经验。

你会学到什么

• 如何设置开发环境、运行应用程序以及调试和分析代码
• 如何在浏览器中处理图形和动画
• 如何优化渲染并使您的游戏运行更快
• 如何处理事件和用户输入构建等轴测游戏引擎学习3D编程和WebGL的基础知识
• 如何使用JavaScript为您的游戏创建全面的服务器端支持
• 如何使用人工智能丰富您的游戏

这本书是为谁而写的

这本书的目标读者是具有一些普通的HTML和JavaScript背景的开发人员，他们想要将他们的体验提升到下一个水平，并学习如何利用浏览器为Android平台构建有吸引力的多人游戏。不需要以前的游戏开发或服务器端知识。

目录表

1. 为环境做准备
2. Graphics in the Browser: the Canvas Element
3. Creating the First Game
4. Animations and Sprites
5. 事件处理和用户输入
6. Rendering Virtual Worlds
7. 制造一台等距发动机
8. 浏览器中的3D
9. Using WebGL
10. 去服务器端
11. Talking to the Server
12. Making Multiplayer Games
13. AI and Physics
14. JavaScript Game Engines
15. 构建本机应用程序
16. Adding Sound
17. 应用程序A：调试Web应用程序