Ask HN: What framework do you use (if any) for your pure web games?

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It seems like there's one major (and a few popular alternatives) game framework for every language except pure web languages. What framework/engine is Hacker News using for creating web games without browser plugins like Flash and Unity?

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I use my own: Ludus

It's coded in Amber Smalltalk, you can see the source here: https://github.com/bromagosa/amber/tree/ludus

And some examples:

http://reggaeperxics.com/pong.html http://reggaeperxics.com/sokoban.html http://reggaeperxics.com/cave.html

If I was going to make an HTML5 game I'd use Impact - http://impactjs.com/

I used impact.js in a recent game jam, it makes building tile-based / platformer games a cinch. It lacks a few niceities (motion animation, canvas text), but those can be hacked in as necessary without too much pain. The documentation is beautiful.

Our game: http://ravegame.herokuapp.com/

Post mortem: http://bcjordan.github.com/games/rave-thru-dawn/

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