Building JavaScript games : for phones tablets and desktop ; [cross platform game programming emphasizing mobile platforms and touch based interfaces] Building JavaScript Games teaches game programming through a series of engaging arcade style games that quickly expand your JavaScript and HTML5 skills. JavaScript is in the top ten most used programming languages world wide and is the basis for applications that can run in any modern browser on any device from smart phone to tablet to PC. Especial emphasis is given to touch based interface but all games also run using a regular mouse and keyboard setup. The four games youll develop from reading this book are: Painter Jewel Jam Penguin Pairs Tick Tick These four games are casual arcade style games representing the aim and shoot puzzle maze and platform styles of game play. The approach in Building JavaScript Games follows the basic structure of a game rather than the syntax of a language. From almost the very first chapter you are building games to run on your phone or other device and show to your friends. Successive projects teach about handling player input manipulating game objects designing game worlds managing levels and realism through physics. All told youll develop four well designed games making Building JavaScript Games one of the most enjoyable ways there is to learn about programming browser based games