About This Course

Who's it for?

This one-day workshop is ideal for web developers who want to learn how to make HTML5-based browser games; or game developers looking to create for the browser. Attendees should have some experience with programming concepts.  Familiarity with JavaScript or ActionScript development would be helpful, but not necessary.

What you'll learn:

Using the skills you'll acquire in this course, you'll be able to create a graphical, 2D browser-based game with physics (think Angry Birds). You'll apply tools like Canvas, HTML5 Audio, and physics engines such as box2d to create games with environments and obstacles. Finally, you'll see how to put it all together with a player and keyboard controls.

Course Outline:

• Browser-based development tools
• JavaScript & jQuery primer
• HTML5 features for games:
• Canvas
• Animation
• Audio
• Physics
• Final workshop - put your game together

Preparation

Attendees should bring a laptop with WiFi and a power cord, ready with a text editor and the latest Google Chrome browser.

We also recommend one of the following text editors: TextMate, MacVim, Coda, E TextEditor, Notepad++, or UltraEdit. The most important thing is that attendees use a text editor they're comfortable with.

About the Instructors

Darius Kazemi is a leader in the indie web game development community. He's responsible for events such as New Game, GameLoop, Boston Post Mortem and the Boston HTML5 Game Development Meetup to name a few. Darius is also Bocoup's Director of Community Development. 

Greg Smith is a senior web developer at Bocoup with a knack for making and porting HTML5 games. Greg has contributed several tools for web game development including boxbox, an intuitive framework for the box2d physics engine, and LetterBrush, a text editor for drawing.  

Refunds and Cancellation Policy

Need to cancel your ticket? Notify us in writing at training@bocoup.com no less than 30 days before the training for a refund less a $100 processing fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the training are non-refundable.  

You may transfer your ticket to another person by contacting training@bocoup.com and providing authorization.

Confirmed and paid attendees who do not attend or cancel after the deadline are liable for the entire fee. In the event the training is cancelled, the liability of Bocoup, LLC is limited to the return of paid registration fees. 

For questions about registration or assistance with any registration problems, please contact us at training@bocoup.com.