Awesome overview of many different next-generation web technologies.
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.
The jQuery UI team is thrilled to announce the final release of jQuery UI 1.8 with 5 new plugins, 1 new effect, and hundreds of bug fixes and improvements.
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 ;)
Simple but cross-browser library.
Applies SVG (using Keith Wood plugin for jQuery) or canvas method if supported on the client browser (includes explorercanvas patch for ie). If not, applies methods derivated from the work of Walter Zorn for compatibility.
CopperLicht is a JavaScript 3D engine for creating games and 3d applications in the webbrowser. It uses the WebGL canvas supported by modern browsers and is able to render hardware accelerated 3d graphics without any plugins.
TopUp is an easy to use Javascript library for unobtrusively displaying images and webpages in a Web 2.0 approach of popups. The library is jQuery and jQuery UI driven in order to maintain cross-browser compatibility and compactness.
