Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
On one hand, it allows true cross-platform games development. For example, using
a framework such as PhoneGap, the same JavaScript code can target any platform
you may decide to develop your game for.
On the other hand, since HTML5 is implemented differently on each platform, your
game will very likely perform differently, depending on the specific platform it runs on.
Moreover, when compared to Flash, HTML5 games development is no easy task,
as you need several side-tools to implement the required features for your game,
JavaScript being the glue between all such tools.
Finally, HTML5-based games are generally slow, while at the same time, HTML5 of-
fers very easy debugging solutions.
So, is HTML5 the right choice? It depends on your needs and what you want to
achieve. Right now, HTML5 still seems immature when compared to other languages
and the tools you need to create HTML5 games are still buggy and not perfected.
But HTML5 is also considered by many developers as the future of mobile game de-
velopment.
As
Morpheus
says to
Neo
: "I told you we can only show you the door, you have to
walk through it!"
