GameJs is a JavaScript library for writing 2D games or other interactive graphic applications for the HTML Canvas. Its API is modeled after the successful PyGame http://pygame.org library.
- Powerful, proven, and thin abstraction for 2D
- Sane JavaScript! With CommonJs support
- Runs in modern browsers
- optional server-side integration with RingoJs http://ringojs.org
The API will change though it will converge to a sensible translation of PyGame concepts to JavaScript.
If you downloaded a release just unzip the files.
You need:
- Java 1.5+
- git and ant
Clone the GameJs repository:
git clone git://github.com/oberhamsi/gamejs.git
Get all needed submodules with git:
cd gamejs
git submodule init
git submodule update
Compile RingoJs:
ant -f gamejs/app/ringojs/build.xml jar
You should now be able to start the GameJs server.
You need Java 1.5+. Start the GameJs web server with gjs-server.sh or gjs-server.cmd (Windows). And view the dashboard in your browser:
http://localhost:8080/
Several links to the example apps should show up. The source to those apps is in the apps/ directory of your GameJs installation.
Only recommended for demonstration purposes. More infos in the help file 'docs/retarted-edition' https://github.com/oberhamsi/gamejs/blob/master/docs/retarded-edition.md
Check the docs folder of your GameJs installation.
A couple of example apps can be found in the apps directory.
See the GameJs Website for more help or drop us an email in the Mailing List.