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This is my movement cheat sheet for 2D games, with runnable examples. It covers distance checks, angle math, pursuit, projecting points (like gun barrels), rotation while moving, and Asteroids-style heading movement with friction.
A progress post on Grapple Hero, an HTML5 canvas game where the only movement is grappling. It includes screenshots, a playable demo build, and what I planned to do next.
Part two of my canvas platformer series. I add world geometry, detect and resolve collisions by direction, and introduce grounded and jumping state so movement feels right.
Part one of my canvas platformer series. I set up a player, build a requestAnimationFrame loop, track keyboard input, add friction and gravity, and implement a basic jump.
My sons Jacob and Gavin build their first canvas game, Dark Slayer, after following a Lost Decade Games tutorial. They added enemies that shoot, player health, and an ending, and created the art.
I wrapped an HTML5 canvas game into a self-contained executable using Qt WebKit and embedded resources so the assets are not exposed. This is the quick write-up of the approach and what I wanted to test next (dependencies and performance).
I cleaned up my home-grown canvas game framework and posted it on GitHub as JEST. It is a compact base I use for demos and small games, and the post links the repo plus an early demo.
A quick progress update on my procedural canvas shmup: adding music and sound made a huge difference, and I finally dropped in a boss. I also list what I wanted next, like player upgrades and more consistent seeded visuals.
I am archiving Glow Roids, one of my first C# + OpenGL projects using Tao. It includes screenshots and a download, with a note that it can be finicky on different machines.
I am working on a canvas shoot 'em up where the graphics and the level are generated from a seed. Use the same seed as someone else and you get the same run, with a link to the WIP build.
