Looking to explore more of the new HTML5 canvas element I’ve started working on a side scrolling space shooter. So far I’ve got the background scrolling and a player ship showing up that can move and shoot.
You can play it here: Space Scroller (best in Chrome)
I plan on adding enemies to shoot at obviously, multiple levels, boss fights, ship upgrades and eventually some mutli-player. I also need to name it, still working on that.
Update #1 (3/14/2012 2:00pm): Added enemies and bullet collisions
Lately I’ve been interested in branching out from back-end development and doing some browser based 2d stuff. This lead me to the latest HTML5 tech and the canvas element so after running through some docs and getting up to date busted out a fun little vertical scrolling jumping game. Rightly named Vertical Jumper… check it out. (runs best in Chrome)
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The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is a world wide gathering of student game developers and professionals alike. The participants form groups and have 48 hours to develop a playable game from initial concept to playable. Of course with only 48 hours that means that there is very little sleep involved and basically just pure crunch. Unfortunately not all games make it to playable but luckily the team I came to be on was solid.
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If you’re new to the webmaster community you may not know what SEO is, it stands for Search Engine Optimization and it is a series of different steps someone takes to ensure their website will rank for certain keywords in top search engines. Some of the more popular SE’s include Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft’s Bing with Google being the big dog holding a majority of the market.
There are many different things you can do to SEO your new website; each way has many different variations and no exact method which will rank your site. It is a combination of all these techniques that bring your site to the top of your keyword’s search engine results page (SERPs).
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Every time I take on a personal project I always find myself doing countless hours of research before I make any decisions on which direction to take at certain design points. This project was not an exception to this and I have learned a few new things doing even the most basic work.
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I thought I’d start this off right with a quick description of what this site will be about. If you want to know more about me visit the About Me page. I’m making this site to showcase my talents in web development and computer programming, also to serve as an outlet of what I learn on my daily coding adventures.
I look forward to getting to know you, the visitor, and hope that you enjoy what I write on here as well as possibly learning a thing or two. Feel free to comment or Contact Me and I will always send you a reply.
