Thanks to Apple dropping support for Flash on iOS, HTML5 has gained a lot of traction and is getting very popular. For games, HTML5 (understand canvas and a lot of javascript) is slowly replacing Flash on online gaming websites and mobile games as it did in Pokies app for real money. I have done in this post a selection of cool and popular HTML5 games, maybe it will motivate you to create your own.
A list of pretty cool games, make sure to check out the source to understand how they work. Before we start, we should mention the popular HTML5 games agario unblocked. Agario is very addicting and funny to play with friends game.
A place where people can play the Chrome No Internet game regardless of their browser and also collaborate with/play against their friends.
Control two characters at the same time and try to let them meet. The hard part is that they walk in opposite directions, so you’ll need some coordination to open the doors. Play!
Defend your planet against incoming meteorites. Fight back and bounce the projectiles straight into the enemy sphere. Play!
An addicting simple game where you race with a stick figure in levels designed by other users. Play!
Your hero has fallen into a sinkhole and has a broken arm. You have to try to get him out of the sinkhole before his torches’s batteries run out. Play!
Not exactly a game, but a game emulator that gives you access to old games that you’ve probably missed. Time to replay some Zelda, Megaman, Mario, Kirby,… Play!
A shoot-em-up with cool isometric 3D graphics. Pretty intense if you ask me. Play!
A game created by Kevin Roast. Fly with your geometric figure and shoot around. Play!
This is a recreation of the original Command and Conquer, a popular real-time strategy game. Play!
A pretty entertaining tower defense game. Play!
My favorite game on the list and the one with the most creative gameplay (in my opinion). Type the words that are coming down to shoot them. Best way to practice your typing. Play!
Enough inspiration, now it’s time to get started with what’s under the hood and how to proceed to create a game.
For those who, like me, have been sleeping through physics classes and forgotten pretty much everything about basic physics principles. This page is a good reminder about what you need to know in physics for game development.
A great series of tutorials that walks you through the creation of a simple Doodle Jump clone.
A presentation by Ernesto Jimenez to make you aware of a few important things you’ll need to know when creating HTML5 games. The presentation on Slideshare.
A series of tutorials on Script Tutorials, good for beginners.
Why bother recreating what’s been done well before you? These tools should help you to create your HTML5 games faster.
This is the tool you’ll need if you don’t know anything about javascript or HTML5 and still want to create HTML5 games. In short, a tool for designers to create games. They have free and paid versions of the tool.
The Jukebox is a component for playing sounds and music with the usage of sprites with a special focus on performance and cross-device deployment. Download on GitHub.
A tool to build multi-platform optimized HTML5 games. They also let you import your old Flash games. Try it.
Great resource, with a vast list of HTML5 frameworks, and javascript engines. Check it out.
A drag-and-drop tool to create your HTML5 games easily. And it’s free!
And if you are looking for a place to host your games, visit Top5Hositng. They have reviews of the better hosts out there. You will also need to build links, if possible by working with professionals. According to the Outreach Monks, legit link-building services are hard to find
