Create Cross-Platform Native Mobile Games with JavaScript. Crisp Talk by Suroor Wijdan

About Me Currently, Founder and CEO of Xencov Software Previously, CTO at ThinkUniversity - a gaming startup based out of Cincinnati, US. Open Source enthusiast Deeply passionate about JavaScript and ecosystem.

AGENDA Why JavaScript for building mobile games? What are our options? Do the games built with JavaScript are on par with Unity? Positives and Negatives How do i get started ? Let’s see a simple Demo of the game built using Javascript. AGENDA

Why JavaScript for building mobile games? Do we need to say anything more here!

Cocos2D-X / Cocos2D-JS Game Closure CocoonJS PixiJS (Built for Web) What are our options? Cocos2D-X / Cocos2D-JS Game Closure CocoonJS PixiJS (Built for Web)

Are the games built with these Frameworks on par with Unity? Absolutely!

Example - Top Games! Knife Hit Hill Climb Racing Angry Birds Fight Badland And more ..

Positives and Negatives No need to learn new language Plain old JavaScript concepts Great Performance near to Unity and alike. Cross Platform Freedom to implement any other native features Good community Negatives Minor performance Sometimes difficult to debug native bugs

How do i get started ? Lot of Resources Good Community Learn by build very basic Games Free Game Arts

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You can reach out to me on twitter THANKS! You can reach out to me on twitter @suroorwijdan