Learn how to make games using web standards, that will play in any modern browser, without plugins! Each week we'll investigate a particular aspect of game development -- input, animation, sound, physics, and multiplayer/networking -- and learn how to implement it using Javascript and HTML 5. Bring your own game ideas, and be ready to help your fellow learners playtest their games and figure out how to fix their bugs! I will be leading this study group for six weeks beginning April 25, 2011.
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Anyone can follow a study group on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.
This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
Bio:
Location:
Standard Set Answer:I'm a game designer who is interested in writing cross-platform games for the desktop and mobile devices. I'd like to learn techniques and best practices for writing games quickly and with the best possible browser support. I'd be interested in helping with the group's organization to whatever degree I'm able to.
Bio:
Currently I'm a student of university (not only P2PU but the 'real' one too).
Location:
Standard Set Answer:I'm intrested in javascript/html5 mainly becouse of universality of the web platform. Write once - run everywhere - looks great to me. I like the idea of learning something new by creating some app in the process.
So far I've programmed in my free time only few tiny applications in AS3 and Adobe Flex - so I know basics of programming in ecma-script-like language.
I wonder if it would be hard to write puzzle game with multiplayer mode in javascript, or maybe I should choose something simpler for the beginning.
English is not my native language - I'm not great at writing and even worse in speaking in english, so it can be hard for me to be orgaznizator. I can try to help within mine poor range of abilities...
Bio:
Recently graduated with a degree in computer science.
Interested in continuing to learn, especially in game design!
Location: California
Standard Set Answer:
1) What made you interested in this topic?
I have always been interested in games and in college i created a few but they were hard to distribute to friends and they never came out the way I had hoped. A few weeks ago I read a few articles on HTML5 and was instantly hooked. Since then I have been learning non stop and looking up the best way to do things. I am constantly learning and looking to push the envelope. I am currently starting to write a small game with a friend who is doing the artwork and I really want to produce something polished and playable.
2) What do you hope to achieve by participating?
I would like to further my skills in HTML5/Javascript programming as well as learn more about game design and specifically Game Engine design. I also hope to learn and help others with the knowledge I have aquired.
Bio:
Location: Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
Standard Set Answer:I am interested on building HTML5 skills in order to keep me updated regarding the latest technologies.
I hope to learn, interact and contribute with the group objective.
Bio:
Ruby/Javascript Developer
Location: New Jersey
Standard Set Answer:Interested in creating a game using HTML5 canvas
Hope to learn some best practices on multiplayer games
Bio:
I am a web developer based in France. I am actually finishing my bachelor, working in part time. I'm also doing some job in freelance.
The web and the programming in general is my passion. And I always want to discover new things and improve myself and my skills.
Location: France
Standard Set Answer:To be short, I love web and I love games.
I had a few experiences in games programming in languages like darkbasic and C. But my speciality is the web development.
So I would like to follow this course to put together my two passions. Furthermore, I think that standard web programming will have increasing importance in the near future.
It's why I want to improve my knowledges on this topic and enjoy the course!
Siva Kajan
Bio:
BS in Computer Engineering at BYU, worked 4 years at novell, then decided to try dentistry for a change. I just graduated dental school this year, and I still dabble with programming for fun.
Location: San Antonio
Standard Set Answer:I programmed an obsolete card game called make a million a couple of years ago in java, and I would like to convert it to a online game that can be played on multiple platforms. So specifically, I would like to learn
- Javascript - getting it to work in multiple browsers
- connecting multiple users to one server for multiplayer games
- what graphic user interface options are available to make it smooth
Bio:
ruby/rails developer in the Triangle
Location: Cary, NC
Standard Set Answer:
Bio:
Hi, this is Victor. I love web development and programming :)
Location: Canada
Standard Set Answer:
What made you interested in this topic?
Ans: I would like to learn more about HTML5
What do you hope to achieve by participating?
Ans; By the end of this course, I hope I can get a basic understanding of HTML5 graphic/game development.
Bio:
Location: belo horizonte
Standard Set Answer:Because html5 games are cool. and this will be a fun opportunity to use jquery and patterns without the luggage of a legacy environment (ie day job)
I'm hoping to make something weird, annoying, cute, and addictive. Like me.
Bio:
Location: Online
Standard Set Answer:I love games. I love development. And recently I've fallen in love with HTML5. So, the first answer is “love”.
I hope to exchange some insights that can evade individual learners. Not to mention that extra motivation from working in a group. I believe it will be productive and fun.
Bio:
Born in the ICT (Wichita, KS) - graduated college - moved to Boulder. Currently Director of Technology at Custom Channels. Took/taking p2pu classes to bolster my developing-skills-with/awareness-of new and everchanging technology.
Location: Boulder, CO
Standard Set Answer:I'm interested in this topic because html5 game development is a very interesting proposition from a recovering flash developer such as myself.
It's an idea that's genesis came after I graduated college (2009) and now the ubiquity of the technology and the diffusion of the necessary skills has begun ramping up in a big way.
I'd like to understand this technology for my resume, for the expansion of my personal knowledge and to blatantly and fully rip-off my favorite game of all time (Galaga).
I completed the signup and posted to my github here
Bio:
I`m working as web developer at small IT company.
I`m constantly improving my programming skills, trying to learn new ways and good programming practices
My current web developments skills are:
- XHTML, HTML5 + CSS
- Javascript with AJAX and jQuery.
- PHP (with Symfony and Codeigniter) + MySQL
- some designer & graphical skills utilizing Photoshop
Location: Cracow
Standard Set Answer:I`m trying to develop a multiplayer game using ajax, php, and mysql, and I`am always open to opportunities to learn something fresh and usefull.
I hope to pick up some good programing skills and practices from here.
Bio:
Location:
Standard Set Answer:I'm a Web Developer, so this topic is relevant to me, and I'm a new to game development.
I hope to get the basics to be able to start developing on my own :)
Bio:
Freelance web developer, with strong XHTML/CSS/WordPress skills. I've tried to learn JavaScript several times, but struggle to actually implement what I've learned. Looking to develop basic programming skills.
Location: Georgia, USA
Standard Set Answer:I've been a gamer for decades. I've been a web developer for a few years, and have struggled to learn JavaScript. I'm thinking that I need a fun project to work on, and developing a game might be just the thing I need to finally solidify my javascript skills. I already have a few ideas and am eager to get started, but have no idea where/how to begin.
Bio: simply a software developer
Location:
Standard Set Answer:
What made you interested in this topic?
Personally I like gaming a lot, so why not developing one on my own? Many ideas have crossed my mind for the type and genre of the game, but the ideas are not the problematic part, the client-side technologies are. To have moving parts in the browser along with a little sound support, you could use flash or java applets. But both of them require you to install a plugin and as the past has proven both plugins tend to be insecure. Wouldn't it be great if the browser's native components could be used to instantly play a game?
HTML5 seems to be the answer to all these questions and a dynamic group of learning participants, helping each other out, seems the best way to go.
What do you hope to achieve by participating?
I hope to be part of an active group so we all learn the required skills to develop a simple game. For myself the focus is not the game itself, but to learn the basics and "dirty tricks" all games have in common, resulting in a stable game structure, which performs well and can be the base of several games.
Bio:
Front End Web & UI Development, Halo Fan Bou
Location: INDIA
Standard Set Answer:Hey all,
I am Gaurav frm India, a recent graduate with a Diploma in Digital Media from NZ. I am into front-end web and user interface development. Previously I have worked as QA Lead Game Tester for four plus year with a Game Testing company and with this study group I want to enrich my domain of knowledge by learning simple and intricate details as to how to develope games with HTML5 and JavaScript.
I was recently asked to develop an html5 game at a job interview and I was unsure as to how to make it. And I am glad I came across p2pu and I am very much interested to learn and be a part of this study group. Thou I am noob at JavaScript, but that doesn’t scare me, I am up for the challenge.
I hope to learn a good amount of java scripting and html5 with proper code implementation. Being a part of the study group will also help gain a different perspective towards how one should write and debug code.
thanks !
Bio:
Lead Test Automator for WebQA at Mozilla. Author of Selenium 1.0 Beginners Guide. Lead Maintainer of the Python Selenium code.
Location: United Kingdom
Standard Set Answer:I think that web applications and HTML5 are going to be the future so want to expand my knowledge on it. I also want to learn this so I can see about how I can evangelise automated testing of these types of applications.
Games are going to be the best way to get people entering web markets like the the Mozilla Market and the Chrome Web Market.
Task 1 answer is at https://gist.github.com/916410
Bio:
Lead Test Automator for WebQA at Mozilla. Author of Selenium 1.0 Beginners Guide. Lead Maintainer of the Python Selenium code.
Location: United Kingdom
Standard Set Answer:I think that web applications and HTML5 are going to be the future so want to expand my knowledge on it. I also want to learn this so I can see about how I can evangelise automated testing of these types of applications.
Games are going to be the best way to get people entering web markets like the the Mozilla Market and the Chrome Web Market.
Bio:
Code for America 2012 Fellow and volunteer for One Laptop per Child (most recently in Haiti), formerly an ESRI mapping intern, participant in Knight-Mozilla News Learning Lab, and student at Carnegie Mellon University.
As someone without formal computer science or electrical engineering experience, I benefit a lot from open source projects on the web. Usually I work with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. On the server side, I am a fan of Google App Engine, Python, and MongoDB to set up applications on a shoestring budget. For hardware - you can't beat Arduino.
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Standard Set Answer:I work with some HTML5 elements such as Canvas and would like to know more about WebGL
