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4kg: Prototype is an HTML5 platformer game released to the Chrome Web Store — a marketplace where any amateur game developer can release games right next to moguls such as Angry Birds. The author, Andrew Rabon, answered some questions about its development.
An open-source project to emulate the GameBoy color can teach you about both hardware emulation and how to draw things quickly to the canvas element.
Cloudmach is peddling a hybrid client-side/server-side technology. While their site is mostly busy with hype, the angle is interesting: Use WebGL simply as an optimization.
TankWorld is a fun, 3D shooter built using WebGL. It’s probably the most well-polished 3D WebGL game created thus far.
Dr. Blast is different from other games made with the new ImpactJS engine and it’s integrated into Facebook.
In a rousing statement today entitled “WebGL Considered Harmful,” Microsoft declared that WebGL is too insecure to pass their software quality requirements.
The Wheels of Steel lets you scratch with two virtual turntables complete with pitch bending and an equalizer. It’s not completely HTML5 — there’s a little Flash — but the mix is impressive.
A tweet showed an “Enable WebGL” option in a screenshot of the “Debug” menu of an alleged unreleased build of Safari.
A slick remake of Alex The Allegator (sic) uses the upcoming melonJS framework, which should be released “soon.”
Playtomic now allows developers to support private leaderboards so that groups of friends can compete more closely.
