1. HTML5 GAMING By Scott Benton

2. HTML5 New HTML Standard Previous Version of HTML, HTML 4.01, Released in 1999 Not an Official Standard Yet No Browsers Have Full HTML5 Support All Major Browsers Continuing to Add HTML5 Features

3. How Did HTML5 Get Started? 2006 World Wide Web Consortium W3C Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group WHATWG Decided to Cooperate to Create New Version of HTML

4. Planned Rules for HTML5 New Features Based on HTML, CSS, DOM, and Javascript Reduce the Need for External Plugins (like Flash) Better Error Handling More Markup to Replace Scripting HTML5 Should Be Device Independent Development Process Visible to the Public

5. HTML5 Features New Elements New Attributes Full CSS3 Support Video and Audio 2D/3D Graphics Local Storage

6. Gaming on the Web Developing Web Games was Frustrating Plugin-Based Technologies Plugins like Flash are disconnected from technologies surrounding them HTML, JavaScript, and CSS Fit naturally on page, but are more limited

7. HTML5 and Web Gaming Canvas Element Ability to create dynamic graphics Audio Ability for browser audio without using a plugin WebSockets Allows two-way communication between server and client Web Storage Larger storage capabilities using local and session storage Client-side only, not transferred with each HTTP request WebGL OpenGL for web

8. Benefits of using Web Technologies Open Web Technologies are not Platform Dependent Objective-C for iOS, Java for Android, and their respective SDKs Do Not Need to Go Through Distribution Channels Web applications can be hosted and distributed as desired Scalable Layouts for Different Devices Responsive Web Design

9. Limitations of HTML5 in Gaming Incomplete Browser Support HTML5 is still young Specifications still being defined as browsers work to add the features Browser Inconsistencies Browsers made by different organizations Likely to be differences between browsers despite the standards Resources / Performance Capability of device can limit performance Fewer Tools, Frameworks, and Resources Compared to plugin based options

10. HTML5 Game Demonstrations

11. Other HTML5 Applications CSS3 Maker Web Design Tool CanvasMol 3D Molecule Viewer Zygote Body 3D Anatomical Body Viewer WebGL Bookcase (Google Chrome Experiment) Interactive Google Books Application

12. Discussion What other applications are possible with HTML5? How graphically complex can HTML5 games become? Is HTML5 a reliable game development platform?

13. HTML5 GAMING By Scott Benton