Introduction to Games Development with HTML5 and JavaScript - Free Course

Learn about games development using HTML5, JavaScript and the Apache Cordova platform.

In the Alison online course “Introduction to Games Development with HTML5 and JavaScript“, you will be introduced to the Visual Studio environment for creating video games with HTML5 and JavaScript. You will learn about creating and displaying maps for your video game, Apache Cordova platform for building mobile applications, creating a player character and assigning controls to your player character.

This free course will be of great interest to individuals who wish to learn about creating games for mobile platforms and web browsers.

Introduction to Games Development with HTML5 and JavaScript Course Content

In this course, you will learn about the Apache Cordova platform for building mobile applications, the Enchant.js open source game engine and its features, and how to install and setup to start your video game project in Visual studio. You will learn about setting up your game map, creating a player character with movement in your game, and setting up collision detection for your game.

The course includes the following topics:

Set up your environment for developing games for windows phone in Microsoft Visual Studio.
How to create and set up a map for your game.
Load sprites and other images into your game.
Add a playable character to your game.
How to set collision in your game.
Give your playable character statistics and be able to display them.

Prerequisites

Learners should have some knowledge of Java or JavaScript or understand the basic concepts of programming.
A basic knowledge of game design would also be helpful.