Core HTML5 2D Game Programming

Chapter 6. Sprites

Topics in This Chapter

• 6.1 Sprite Objects

• 6.2 Incorporate Sprites into a Game Loop

• 6.3 Implement Sprite Artists

• 6.4 Create and Initialize a Game’s Sprites

• 6.5 Define Sprites with Metadata

• 6.6 Scroll Sprites

• 6.7 Conclusion

• 6.8 Exercises

Like other art forms, such as film, theatre, and novels, games have a cast of characters, each of which plays a particular role. For example, Snail Bait has the runner (the game’s central character), coins, rubies, sapphires, bees, bats, buttons, and a snail, all of which are shown in Figure 6.1. See Chapter 1 for a discussion of those characters and their roles in the game.