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Praise for The Web Game Developer's Cookbook

"The Web Game Developer's Cookbook is a fun hands-on introduction both to building games and to web technologies. Learning through making is an empowering, exciting first step." --Jonathan Beilin

"It is not only a book about libraries: it teaches how web pages work, how games work, and how to put everything together. Study one, learn three: best deal ever." --Francesco "KesieV" Cottone Web Alchemist, and Technical Advisor at Vidiemme Consulting

"A wonderful overview of the HTML5 Game Development landscape, covering a wide range of tools and 10 different game genres." --Pascal Rettig Author of Professional Mobile HTML5 Game Development

"With a friendly and reassuring tone, Burchard breaks down some of the most well-known gaming genres into their basic ingredients. The Web Game Developer's Cookbook transforms a seemingly daunting task into an approachable crash course even for those who've never written a line of code before." --Jason Tocci, Ph.D. Writer, Designer, and Researcher

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The Web Game Developer's Cookbook

Using JavaScript and HTML5 to Develop Games

Evan Burchard

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