Building HTML5 Games with ImpactJS

Table of contents

1. Preface
   1. About This Book
   2. Who This Book Is For
   3. Who This Book Is Not For
   4. Conventions Used in This Book
   5. This Book’s Example Files
   6. Using Code Examples
   7. How To Use This Book
   8. Safari® Books Online
   9. How to Contact Us
   10. Content Updates
       1. April 24, 2013
       2. July 17, 2013
   11. Acknowledgments
2. 1. Introduction To Impact
   1. Why Use Impact?
   2. Setting Up a Local Environment
   3. Install WebStorm/PHPStorm
   4. Install Apache/PHP/MySQL
   5. Other Hosting Options
   6. Setting Up a New Impact Project
   7. Modules
   8. How Classes Work
   9. Core Classes
   10. How Inner Classes Work
   11. Level Editor
3. 2. Working With Sprites
   1. Sprites and Sprite Sheets
   2. Scripting in Photoshop
   3. Working with Sprites in Photoshop
   4. Optimizing Sprites
4. 3. Introduction To Game Design
   1. What is Game Design?
   2. Sample Game Design Document
      1. Gameplay
      2. Exploring a Map
      3. Combat
      4. Completing a Map
      5. Death
      6. Main Character
      7. Monsters
      8. Bosses
      9. Equipment
      10. Inventory
      11. Equipping Items
      12. Weapons and Armor
      13. Leveling Up
      14. Winning the Game
   3. Coming Up With Ideas
   4. Books to Read
5. 4. Building A Game
   1. Creating Our First Level
   2. Saving/Loading Maps in Weltmeister
   3. CollisionMaps
   4. The Main Class
   5. Customizing the Main Class
   6. Key Binding
   7. Creating the Player Class
      1. Using Your Sprite Sheet
      2. Adding Simple Physics
      3. Defining Animation Sequences
   8. Creating a Monster Class
   9. Collision Detection
   10. type Property
   11. checkAgainst Property
   12. collides Property
   13. Health
   14. Weapons
   15. Firing the Weapon
   16. Add Multiple Weapons
   17. Killing Entities
   18. Respawning the Player
   19. Create Death Animations
   20. Adding Grenade Explosions
   21. Customizing the Camera
   22. Loading New Levels
6. 5. Working With Text
   1. Creating Font Sprite Sheets
   2. Adding Text to Your Game
7. 6. Working With Sound
   1. Adding Sounds
   2. Adding Music
   3. Mobile Browser Sound Compatibility Issues
8. 7. Creating Game Screens and HUDs
   1. Extending Impact’s Game Class
   2. Creating a Start Screen
   3. Player Stats Screen
   4. Creating the Game Over Screen
   5. Adding In-Game HUD
   6. Game Rewards
   7. In-Game Analytics
9. 8. Debugging Your Game
   1. Impact’s Debugger
   2. Publishing Your Game
   3. Baking Your Game
   4. Mobile Web Support
   5. Compiling for Native iOS
10. 9. Publishing to Windows 8
    1. Getting Started
    2. Running Weltmeister
    3. Integrating WinJS
    4. Adding Touch Support
    5. Handling Resize Events
    6. Scaling Graphics for Windows 8
    7. Optimizing Your Game
    8. Wrapping Up
11. 10. Wrapping Up
    1. References and Links
12. About the Author
13. Dedication
14. A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
15. Copyright