Well the proof is in the eating and not the making. I’ve spent some time putting together a small game using Booty5 called Leapo that I will eventually distribute as an example of how to use Booty5. Whilst developing this game I have come across various issues or missing features, hence this update. Booty5 game […]
Booty5 v1.8.4b the free HTML5 game maker out now, support for the Marmalade SDK added
I realise that two updates inside of a week is a bit much but I wanted to get this update out quickly because I have changed the way gradients are used by game objects substantially, I’ve also added project generation for the Marmalade SDK using Web Marmalade. Web Marmalade is a system that enables you […]
Booty5 the free HTML5 game maker 1.8.3b is out now
Booty5 is a free HTML5 game maker, for more information visit the Booty web site Been very busy since the last update extending the features of Booty5 to bring more HTML5 specific features into the editor. The editor changes for this release include: Added mouse wheel joint type to list of joint types Added new […]
Booty5 HTML5 game maker now available for free download
Its taken many months of pain staking development and quite possibly a mountain of coffee but it is finally here. Booty5 the 2D HTML5 game editor and engine (a game maker) is now available for download Booty5 enables you to produce HTML5 based games and apps for mobile and desktop using a WYSIWYG game editor.
Booty5 v1.3 the free open source HTML5 game engine now available
More happy coding evenings and weekends for me means more juicy features for you. Well, that’s a bit of a fib, the latest version 1.3 is more of a tidy up and documentation phase. I’ve spent a few hours each evening this week putting together the Booty5 introduction and the Booty5 API reference and along […]
Booty5 the free open source HTML5 game engine has big update
That’s right, I’ve been busy coding away like a mad man to bring you a huge update to Booty5 the free open source HTML5 game engine which is available for download on Github. Changes include: v1.2 Changes: * GSAP dependency removed * JQuery dependency removed * Support for actor hierarchies added * Support for physics […]
Booty5 – Free HTML5 Game Engine
I’ve finally branched out into HTML5 game development, I’ve been avoiding it for years but finally took the plunge. Funnily enough my first creation with HTML5 is the Free Games Bandit, a service to help game developers get their mobile games noticed. I found myself actually enjoying working with JavaScript, CSS and HTML5. I’ve changed […]
HTML 5 Gotchas
On this page I will place all of the gotchas that I come across during my HTML 5 developments. IndexSizeError: Index or size is negative or greater than the allowed amount I got this error Firefox and a similar error in Internet Explorer whilst drawing an image to the HTML 5 canvas using drawImage(). The […]
HTML5 cheat sheet
This page is basically a dumping ground for all the useful bits of info that relates to HTML5 development. Useful HTML5 semantic elements <article> – Defines an article in the document <aside> – Defines content aside from the other page content <footer> – Defines the footer for a section in the document <header> – Defines […]
HTML 5 Journey Part 1 – What is HTML 5 tutorial
I’ve always liked web development (from a gaming perspective), but not to the same extent as I have good old solid native development with C++. The main reason being “JavaScript”. To be honest, I did JavaScript years and years ago and it terrified me, I couldn’t get used to not having pointers and variables that […]