Simple HTML5 Game Development

Create web and mobile games using HTML5. No prior programming experience needed. Learn essential web development skills and game programming concepts effortlessly.

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Brief Summary

This course is all about making awesome web and mobile games with HTML5. Don’t worry if you’ve never coded before—it's designed for newbies! You’ll learn to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to bring your cool ideas to life.

Key Points

  • No need for prior programming or web dev knowledge.
  • Create your own web and mobile games using HTML5.
  • Learn the basics of HTML structure and CSS styling.
  • Understand essential JavaScript concepts like variables and functions.
  • Build 2D games for web and mobile platforms.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learn to create a basic web page using HTML.
  • Add styles to your web page using CSS.
  • Understand fundamental programming concepts in JavaScript.
  • Build your own 2D games for both web and mobile.
  • Use a free game engine to simplify game development.

About This Course

Learn to build a complete web or mobile video game using HTML5. No previous programming or web development required.

Learn to build web and mobile games with HTML5.  Even if you have no experience in programming or web development, you can create your own games.

This course begins with a quick overview of web development in HTML5 and shows you the basic web framework used in all modern pages.  It then teaches essential programming concepts using the JavaScript language embedded in all modern browsers.

The course centers around a game engine designed especially to be easy to understand. The game engine and all the other tools needed for the course are completely free. You won't need to purchase anything to build great games.

By the end of the course, you'll be able to build 2D games on the web as well as on mobile devices like the iPad and mobile phones.  

  • Build a basic web page with HTML

  • Use CSS to add essential style to your page

  • Understand the main concepts of programming (variables, conditions, loops, branches, functions, and arrays) using JavaScript

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Instructor

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Andy Harris

Andy is the author of over a dozen books on various topics in computer programming, especially web, game, and mobile development. His best-selling books include HTML5 / CSS3 All in One for Dummies HTML5 Game Programming for Dummies HTML5 Quick Reference for Dummies PHP6 / MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner Game Programming - the L Line (using Python) Flash...

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4.9 course rating
4K ratings
ui-avatar of Sean P Devoy
Sean P. D.
2.5
4 years ago

None of the HTML tags used in the quiz are visible (on chrome/Windows).

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ui-avatar of Tamara Andreozzi
Tamara A.
5.0
4 years ago

Molto ben fatto, ho acquistato anche l'ampliamento del corso base. Il docente è preparato, chiaro nelle spiegazioni e molto ordinato sia nella spiegazione del codice che nell'approfondimento degli argomenti. Inoltre il corso è molto divertente, ogni esempio viene fatto su piccoli elementi di gioco e l'insegnante è molto entusiasta e coinvolgente. Lo consiglio a chiunque voglia approcciare la programmazione in maniera divertente ed interessante.

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ui-avatar of Kartikya Thakur
Kartikya T.
4.5
4 years ago

Utna sahi nahi tha

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ui-avatar of Jorge Guerrero
Jorge G.
4.0
4 years ago

It's a good course; it's just that these Dummies series are not really for dummies; that is, they do assume you have some basic knowledge and many peple don't have this. I also came across the same issue with VBA for Dummies; the author jumps around to concepts you don't know where they came from.

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ui-avatar of Nic Oatridge
Nic O.
3.5
4 years ago

Good, engaging and knowledgeable presenter. Bit too basic for my skill level so far.

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ui-avatar of Antje Bloss
Antje B.
5.0
5 years ago

love this instructor

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ui-avatar of Quang Nguyen nhat
Quang N. N.
1.0
5 years ago

it's not cĂłnistqnt to the course title

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ui-avatar of Ehsan etezadi
Ehsan E.
2.0
5 years ago

he just talk to much and doesnt get to the actual work, he code start coding all the lines and describe them step by step and let the learner try

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ui-avatar of DeMarcus McCall
Demarcus M.
5.0
5 years ago

It is complicated. I have an issue with java allowing me to build a BreadthFirstSearch. It tells me the vertex can’t be resolved to a Type. Indeed, it should display numbers, but the coursework is unique. It isn’t in the sense of monetary value; but to get the creative juices going, it is an endeavor. That is like the idea of continuity establishing an ambiguous worth that leads to relevant data linking a sort through time periods. If you update a language, it should be affordable.

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Robert S.
4.0
5 years ago

This was perfect for me. I have taken some other courses on html and JS but have failed to keep in practice. I wanted to get some review while learning some new skills, and I have. Also, the SimpleGame engine is a great library--simple but powerful--and I look forward to using it in all kinds of projects.

However, the way that this course is organized and the teaching strategy would have made it extremely challenging had I not learned a lot of this before. While most coding courses I have looked at have the instructor building projects WITH the student, introducing concepts and constructing mini challenges along the way, in this course we are mostly shown completed projects and the important concepts are highlighted. This means that the student has to use a fair amount of creativity in training themselves rather than being able to simply follow along.

But having said all that, its amazing what this course and the library makes possible with only a few lines of code.

I recommend this course for anyone who already has some grasp of html and JS, wants to learn to create games NOW, and is not going to get frustrated if they have to look through code trying to figure out what they missed.

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