It is a set of libraries, tools and presets to create pixelated indie-style 8/16-bit era games in Javascript that runs in your browser without any Flash plugin, making use of a small small small subset of the HTML5 features, that are actually available on many modern browsers.
gameQuery.
Built out of jQuery, gameQuery aims to make game development easier without the dependencies of Flash or executables. Features include multi-layer sprite animation, collision detection, and swappable sound, among others. It might be a while off, but browsers are getting better at rendering Javascript with each milestone. I had no trouble rendering any of the demos, and it was quite impressive.
BTW, if you are looking to develop similar games in Flash, I strongly recommend Flixel, the Actionscript gaming extension.
thats really amazing, reminds me to refresh my javascript knowledge… i already thought that jquery would refuel the javascript fire burning inside of me, but, oh well… involve some gaming in there and i’m captivated ;)
New Game Riffs On Guitar Hero, With A Real Electric Guitar
Power Gig: Rise of the SixString
There are strings on the newly-unveiled Power Gig guitar, which is coming, with a brand-new music game to video game systems this fall. But you won’t have to be Jimi Hendrix to play it.This guitar subtly transforms from a real musical instrument that can be plugged into an amplifier to a version of the popular button-and-flipper guitar-shaped controller used for Rock Band and Guitar Hero’s. But Power Gig’s controller has strings.
As a great fan of Guitar Hero and “small” hobby guitarist this seems like the holy grail of learning how to rock without the pain of boring exercises… tendinosis here I come…
FINAL FANTASY XIII on Store Shelves Today, Includes PS3 Exclusive Bonus Offer for FINAL FANTASY XIV
I can’t wait for it to be weekend time…
Victorious gamers enjoy a surge of testosterone – but only if their vanquished foe is a stranger. When male gamers beat friends in a shoot-em-up video game, levels of the potent sex hormone plummeted.
I decided that this was a fun project to hone my AI programming skills and started to write a little path planning AI, using A*. The source code for this can also be found on this page.
