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And there are Javascript native bindings for Cocos2D, so you can run the same source code in different platforms (desktop, mobile, html5) taking advantage of each one (like GPU performance on iPhone). Link: https://github.com/zynga/jsbindings#readme

Another HTML5 demo: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/t/js-tests/tests/

You can also use a native framework like Ejecta[1] or CocoonJS[2] to run any HTML5/Canvas game with good performance. (Disclaimer: I'm the author of Ejecta)

[1] http://impactjs.com/ejecta/ [2] http://www.ludei.com/tech/cocoonjs

But we are talking about something different for the case of Cocos2D:Ricardo Quesada (Cocos2D owner) has made specific GPU optimizations for the framework himself on iOS.

The Cocos2d-x (Cocos2d api in C++ with a bunch of supported platforms[1]) has had Cocos2d-HTML5[2] for a while. It uses the same api as their JavaScript bindings and there are some demos of complete games running on both from the same platform.

(Disclaimer I am one of the founders of Game Closure) Game Closure provides a complete HTML5/Web/Native game development SDK with a larger focus on tooling than these projects[3]. The website is a little light on details - send me mail if you're interested!

[1] http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Download [2] http://www.cocos2d-x.org/projects/cocos2d-x/wiki/Html5 [3] http://gameclosure.com/

Great work! Cocos2D has the best API for gamedev I've ever seen.

Just to point out other options, Lime[0] is a JS game engine that's almost an exact clone of Cocos2D. So it's also a good JS choice if you like the Cocos2D way of doing things.

[0] http://www.limejs.com/

except that doesn't make sense use limejs when you can use cocos2d with javascript running your code natively on multiple platforms

Perhaps, but it's nice that there are other options out there. Cocos2D is a juggernaut, for sure, and a very safe choice. But LimeJS+CocoonJS/Ejecta or Impact+CocoonJS/Ejecta, etc can get you mostly the same features as Cocos2D+JSB does. I'm glad there is some diversity out there.

Haha there is a game engine called Impact http://impactjs.com ! I find it quite funny for very obscure reasons.

Last update was 4 months ago..is this still an active project?

Is there anything like this for Kobold2d?

kobold2d is not a framework, is just cocos2d + an installer + few libraries.

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