HTML5 game development insights : [take your HTML5 game development to the next level with tips and advice right from the pros!] JavaScript is not the language you think it is Optimal asset loading High performance JavaScript Efficient JavaScript data structures Faster canvas picking Autotiles Importing Flash assets Applying old school video game techniques in modern web games Optimizing WebGL usage Playing around with the Gamepad API Introduction to WebSockets for game developers Real time multiplayer network programming The state of responsive design Making a multiplatform game Developing better than native games Mobile web game techniques with Canvas 2D API Faster map rendering HTML5 games in C++ with Emscripten Introduction to TypeScript: building a rogue like engine Implementing a main loop in Dart Saving bandwidth and memory with WebGL and Crunch Creating a two dimensional map editor Automating your workflow with Node.js and Grunt Building a game with the Cocos2d html5 library HTML5 Game Development Insights is a from the trenches collection of tips tricks hacks and advice straight from professional HTML5 game developers. The 24 chapters here include unique cutting edge and essential techniques for creating and optimizing modern HTML5 games. You will learn things such as using the Gamepad API real time networking getting 60fps full screen HTML5 games on mobile using languages such as Dart and TypeScript and tips for streamlining and automating your workflow. Game development is a complex topic but you dont need to reinvent the wheel. HTML5 Game Development Insights will teach you how the pros do it. The book is comprised of six main sections: Performance; Game Media: Sound and Rendering; Networking Load Times and Assets; Mobile Techniques and Advice; Cross Language JavaScript; Tools and Useful Libraries. Within each of these sections you will find tips that will help you work faster and more efficiently and achieve better results. Presented as a series of short chapters from various professionals in the HTML5 gaming industry all of the source code for each article is included and can be used by advanced programmers immediately