Course details

Lead instructor at codecaptain.io, Sabatino Masala will teach you how to create an entire game in one of the hottest HTML5 game development framework called PhaserJS.

PhaserJS is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering.

This framework is the go-to HTML5 game development framework nowadays and in this course we'll explore the many aspects of Phaser, by creating a qualitative game called TapTapTaxi.

Sabatino trained over 900 students in person and improved his teaching approach over the years so students could strengthen their programming skills in an effective and fun course.

2016 marks his 10th year of being a game developer and over the years he released over 27 games, 18 of which reached over 1 million unique players!

All that attention didn't go unnoticed, because recently, one of the biggest companies in the gaming industry reached out to him, and that company was Nintendo. They made him a certified Nintendo developer, so you can rest assured you're in the right hands for learning a thing or two about game development.

This course is meant for students with some prior experience in webdevelopment and want to start learning game development in HTML5. This course will provide the source of every step in the lectures, so no need to worry when you're stuck somewhere!

All the assets will be provided and you're free to use them in any other project.

What will I learn in this course?

  • PhaserJS Game Framework
  • Create an isometric game
  • Managing assets using spritesheets
    • Improve performance by decreasing draw calls
    • Learn how spritesheets affect draw calls & performance
    • Implement spritesheets
    • Make effective use of GPU resources
  • OOP Javascript fundamentals
  • Jump mechanics
  • Hittesting & Hittesting using the distance formula
  • Implement sound effects using the PhaserJS built-in functions
  • Debug PhaserJS using easy plugins & Chrome devtools
    • Learn to solve issues with confidence
  • Dazzling animations in PhaserJS
  • Create a fun, addictive & fast-paced gameplay
  • Generate random environments & buildings
  • Focussing on an impeccable user-experience
Updated on 22 March, 2018
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