My latest project – ALES, an HTML5 platformer/editor
I haven’t been posting here recently because I’ve been working hard on a side project with Darren Torpey: ALES, an HTML5 level editor & sharer. If you’re running Firefox or Chrome (and probably...
View ArticleNew Job at Bocoup
So, exciting times: I got a new job! I start work as Programmer and Evangelist (yep that’s my title) at Bocoup in South Boston on 5/16. They’re a unique company focusing on JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3...
View ArticleBook Review: Making Isometric Social Real-Time Games with HTML5, CSS, and...
I noticed early this morning that the book Making Isometric Social Real-Time Games with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript has been released. Written by Mario Andres Pagella, and published by O’Reilly, I’ve...
View ArticlePorted yesterday’s plane jam game to HTML5!
So the plane jam game I made the other day was made in GameMaker. Today, YoYo Games released GameMaker HTML5, which I purchased sight unseen because I’m that kinda guy. Here’s the port, play it in your...
View ArticleTranscript: Brandon Jones’ WebGL talk at onGameStart
These are my notes from Brandon Jones’ onGameStart session on WebGL. Brandon’s the author of the awesome glmatrix. Any mistakes or misinterpretations are my own. My notes are in square brackets. [I...
View ArticleAnother GameMaker HTML5 port
In early 2010 I made my first plane jam game called AF 337. I loaded it into GameMaker HTML5, pressed a button, and it was working in the browser, no extra effort required! I think it’s running a...
View ArticleFieldrunners HTML5 has launched!
I’ve been working as a producer on the HTML5 port of the hit mobile tower defense game Fieldrunners for about 4 months now, and I’m happy to say the game is finally available! (Requires the Google...
View ArticleAt Dawn
I made a little game-like thing called “At Dawn” for the Boston Game Jams HTML5 game jam that ran this past weekend. The theme for the jam was “Dawn.” I didn’t have time to attend for the whole...
View ArticleSpelunky HTML5
So I had some time on my hands this weekend and made major headway on porting the PC version of Spelunky to HTML5. You can play it here. A lot of people don’t know this, but the original Spelunky was...
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