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PhoneGap By Example

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PhoneGap By Example

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
PhoneGap By Example
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

An introduction to Phaser


Phaser was created to build desktop and mobile HTML5 games. It uses Pixi.js (http://www.pixijs.com/) for WebGL and canvas rendering. The framework is growing rapidly. When developing with Phaser, it is possible to use TypeScript or JavaScript. I think it would be a good choice if you are planning to have sounds, collisions, and a lot of different physics in your game. Also, it is good choice for developers who already implemented some games on Flash, because Phaser has a lot of common approaches with Flixel, the game-making library on Flash (http://flixel.org/).

Here are some helpful resources to use as a reference:

The Phaser framework will speed up our development and help with generic tasks to complete the game. Let's plan and develop a simple game, which will cover the basics...