Building HTML5 games with PhoneGap, JavaScript, and CSS3
With the emergence of PhoneGap it is easy for web developers to start developing games and publishing them to the app store. This talk will focus on the tips and tricks used to develop a HTML5 game (with one codebase) that can be packaged up with PhoneGap and deployed to multiple app stores.
Topics Discussed
- Setting up a local PhoneGap development and testing environment for multiple app stores. (iOS, Android)
- Using jQuery templates to organize game into scenes.
- Using local storage to save game state data.
- Using CSS3 to style & animate game elements.
- Developing a game to scale automatically to multiple device sizes. (Phone, Tablet)
- App store / Market distribution and updates.
