HTML5 Canvas Tutorial

Wenbert — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:22 +0000

The Paint Application from Mugtug.com is very impressive. It uses HTML5. Very responsive. I found it in HN and the hackers seemed to be impressed as well.

Around the web, people are already talking about HTML5 and Canvas as a replacement for Flash. Click here to read the Canvas Tutorial.

Best Flash Games

Wenbert — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:57:05 +0000

Here is list:

Zwingo	12/10/07	fast	Swing the ball to protect the base. Nicely designed.
Laser and Bubbles	12/07/07	fast	Unique and fun: pop bubbles with lasers. (Thanks, jay)
Funny Farm	12/05/07	long	Ingenious word-association puzzle.
Chat Noir	11/30/07	fast	Simple – but not easy – puzzle of hemming in an escaping kitteh. (thanks, bb)
Touch the Bubbles 2	11/30/07	fast	Very nicely designed music puzzle. (Thanks, jay)
OrbBlaster	11/28/07	fast	Excellent shootemup… shades of Asteroids and Red, and new elements, in this outstanding design.
Speedtest	11/26/07	fast	Nicely designed typing test, in one minute. I got 101 correct, 0 wrong (without a bit lever).
Picto	11/19/07	fast	Very clever memory game: just click the new thing. (thanks, IN)
Age of War	11/17/07	fast	Evolve through several technological ages to defeat the enemy. (Thanks, jay)
Treasure Box	11/14/07	varies	Clever and beautiful little adventure. (thanks, MUG)
Click Maze 2	11/09/07	fast	Click the dot through the maze; a bit like mini golf. Fun. (Thanks, jay)
N3wton	11/09/07	varies	Sumo-wrestling tanks! Nicely designed. (Thanks, jay)
Mr. Mothball 2	11/09/07	fast	Very clever take on the shootemup genre. Friendly and cute; too much clicking, though. Space bar, please! (Thanks, jay)
Treasure of Cutlass Reef	11/02/07	fast	Simple game of sailing ship combat. Nicely done. (Thanks, jay)
Know Your World?	10/31/07	fast	Very nicely designed geography quiz.
Indestruct 2 Tank	10/29/07	fast	Clever game where you try to get hit by the baddies.
Word Shoot	10/24/07	fast	Way more fun than a typing tutor. Shoot the advancing words! (In Qwerty or Dvorak, covered in my book).
PuzzPinball	10/23/07	fast	Design a pinball level to solve each puzzle. Really nice. (Thanks, jay)
Factory Balls	10/22/07	fast	Outstanding puzzle game: clever, fun, and unique.
50 States in 10 Minutes	10/17/07	fast	Very simply: can you name them all? (Thanks, Jonathan)
Free Rice	10/16/07	fast	Vocabulary game that donates rice upon a correct answer. Cleverly sets the difficulty level (I got to 45).
Launchball	10/15/07	fast	Fun science-museum-type puzzles. Great visual and sound design. (Thanks, jay) momi12agma
Library	10/13/07	fast	Still in a rough “beta” version, but unique and fun: choose the best source for library patrons’ queries.
Tanks V2	10/12/07	fast	Tanks shoot it out – a bit like the old “Worms 2″ game.
Hotcorn	10/02/07	fast	Pop the corn. You’re the sun. Some hard levels, but fun. (Thanks, jay)
Ramps	09/19/07	fast	Elegant and fun. Position the ramps to guide the sphere safely. (Thanks, jay) mallorylikespolkadots
Sproing	09/14/07	fast	Clever & elegant: not a shootemup but a “whipemup.” I don’t get Level 6, though. (Thanks, jay)
Grow Island	09/13/07	fast	Yet another must-play in the Grow series. (Thanks, jay)
Escape the room games	09/01/07	long	List of “escape the room” games. Click around to find and use objects and solve the puzzle.
Mindfields 2204	08/29/07	varies	Neat tank puzzle game, reminiscent of the German cow game. (Thanks, Ralp H) KALU
Zeta Flow	08/27/07	fast	Nicely designed abstract shootemup. (Thanks, jay)
Dolphin Olympics 2	08/27/07	fast	New & improved version of the great Dolphin Olympics, listed here a year ago. Play this! (Thanks, jay)
Adventures of Alex	08/24/07	fast	A game with cute overload. Avoid those mean clouds and get the happy hearts and gold coins. (Thanks, jay)
Bombay Taxi	08/21/07	fast	Fun with parallel parking.
Thor Towers	08/10/07	fast	Build a tower with space bar only. Elegant. (Thanks, jay)
Boxhead More Rooms	08/06/07	varies	Sequel to Boxhead Rooms – more rooms, weapons, and baddies.
Cat with Bow Golf	08/03/07	fast	Shoot the arrow (cat hanging on happily) toward the bulls-eye. Cute.
Space Pilot	07/29/07	fast	Nice twist on Asteroids – just move, never shoot. (Thanks, jay)
Boxhead Rooms	07/27/07	varies	Shoot the zombies. (Thanks, Matt.) P.S. Here’s a possible theme song for the game by my friend Andrew.
Bound Bear	07/14/07	fast	Clever, unique bear-head-throwing game. (Thanks, jay)
Bomb Wars	07/13/07	fast	Great replay of Tron Deadly Discs, one of my arcade favs from 80s. (Thanks, jay)
50 States v2	07/13/07	fast	Place the fifty states on a map. (Thanks, jay)
Bloxorz	07/06/07	fast	Clever 3-D block-movement puzzle. (thanks, jj) 028431
Rat Maze 2	07/01/07	varies	Just explore the look-and-feel of this retro game… much like Adventure, the old Atari 2600 game from a quarter-century ago. (Thanks, jay)
LightSprites	07/01/07	fast	Fun game with a cute-bizarre Nintendo feel. Drag and throw the colored balls to grow happy humanoids. (Thanks, jay)
Door to Door	06/15/07	fast	Cute version of Concentration, especially for kids. (Thanks, April)
Amberial	06/13/07	varies	Great design. Navigate the ball with left and right arrows only. (Thanks, jay)
Shuffle	06/02/07	fast	Simple, fast, and fun billiards-style game.
Castle Draw	05/30/07	fast	Draw rocks to drop onto invaders. Don’t miss the Shop menu on the right. (Thanks, jay)
Crazy Mammoths	05/25/07	fast	Neat space bar-only game. Jump your mammoth at the right moment to win.
Artillery Live	05/22/07	fast	Nice scaled-down artillery game. Simple multiplayer game – good work. (Thanks, jay)
Hoshi Saga	05/22/07	fast	Inventive – find a way to uncover the star in each level. (Thanks, jay)
RGB	05/22/07	fast	Shoot the colored targets. Simple & fun. (Thanks, jay)
Crazy Ladybugs	05/18/07	fast	Elegant and fun one-click game: bring the ladybugs together. (thanks, bb)
Red Team	05/12/07	fast	Navigate two characters separately and simultaneously. Fun. (Thanks, jay) different
game, game and again game	05/12/07	varies	Worth trying because it’s so unique… abstract poetry in the form of a video game. Don’t try to make sense of it, but do try it. (Thanks, jay)
Ignition	05/12/07	fast	Stylish, elegant, and quick driving game. Nicely done! (Thanks, jay)
Dodge	05/04/07	fast	Dodge the red balls. So simple… for a few levels.
Angry Faic	04/29/07	fast	Bounce your angry Pac-Man onto color-coded balls. Fun. (Thanks, jay)
Rapture Capture	04/17/07	fast	Unique shootemup, or perhaps a “whipemup” – inventive mouse-only interface. (Thanks, jay)
Cannon Bods	04/12/07	fast	Cute, fun game with pirates and cannons. (Thanks, jay)
Rhythm	04/03/07	fast	Very inventive. A mouse, a pentagon, and some insipiration from Dance Dance Revolution… (thanks, AudioElf)
Fulfillment	04/03/07	fast	Fun block-fitting game, like a static version of Tetris. (thanks, AudioElf)
Ellipsis	04/02/07	fast	Nicely executed, simple mouse-clicking game. Like Asteroids without the aim.
Bloons	03/29/07	fast	Fun balloon-popping game.
Boomshine	03/27/07	fast	Set off a chain reaction – like Chaos Theory but better graphics and sound. Fun.
Desktop TD	03/20/07	fast	Cuter, more addictive version of the other TD games. See WSJ profile of the creator from June 20, 2007. (thanks, kottke)
Flash Circle TD	03/20/07	varies	Great followup to Flash Element TD – even better. Caution: addicting. (Thanks, jay)
Formation	03/08/07	fast	Elegant avoid-the-dots game. Nicely done. (Thanks, jay)
Orange	03/08/07	fast	Followup to the outstanding Red. Nice visuals and sound, and decent game play, but too much mouse clicking. (Thanks, jay)
Glassez	03/02/07	fast	Cute game of filling a puzzle with geometric pieces. Too much clicking, though. (Thanks, jay)
Rings and Sticks	03/02/07	fast	Clever puzzle game: grow the tree branches through the rings. (Thanks, jay)
Nests of Moai	02/21/07	fast	Quick fun: mouse over 100 Easter Island heads each level. (Thanks, jay)
Phoboris	02/21/07	fast	Neat. Clear the grid bugs by bouncing the frisbee-thing around. (Thanks, jay)
FoolYoo	02/16/07	fast	Cute samurai game: cut up the baddies (and veggies – refer to this). (Thanks, jay)
Attractors	02/02/07	fast	Fun gravity toy. You can drag the platforms and gravity sources.
Castle Smasher	02/01/07	fast	Well-designed, fun catapult game.
Stick Remover	01/25/07	fast	Click to remove sticks without destroying the structure. (Thanks, jay)
Flash Element TD	01/19/07	fast	Set up towers to shoot incoming waves of monsters. Good stuff. (Thanks, joanne)
Catch Thirty-three	01/17/07	fast	Mouse over the digits in sequence. Quick and elegant. (Thanks, Matt)
The Python Challenge	01/10/07	long	“The first programming riddle on the net.” Geeky fun.
Valo	01/01/07	fast	Elegant and simple, with nice music. (Thanks, jay)
Motherload	12/27/06	long	Mine the earth for minerals and money. (Thanks, kottke) (original URL)
Mini Golf	12/27/06	fast	Nicely done mini-golf game. (Thanks, kottke)
BowMaster Prelude	12/14/06	varies	Defend the castle by shooting arrows. Excellent. (Thanks, jay)
Grow v.1	12/12/06	fast	A quick but welcome addition to the outstanding Grow series. (Thanks, jay)
Mission in Snowdriftland	12/09/06	varies	Great winter-themed game, much ilke Mario World. (Thanks, jay)
Winterbells	12/07/06	fast	Fun holiday game with a jumping bunny. (Thanks, jay)
Kumo Neko	11/28/06	fast	Swing the cat onto the diamonds. Elegant. (Thanks, jay)
Jungle Crash Land	11/28/06	fast	Drop bombs to clear the runway before you land.
Games for toddlers	11/25/06	fast	List of sites that link to games appropriate for toddlers. (Thanks, jay)
neko-juppiki	11/22/06	fast	Guide the kittens to safety, like lemmings, by clicking on arrows. (Thanks, jay)
Snake	11/19/06	fast	Elegant – just left and right arrows. Here a lifelike snake eats mice. (Note: Minor blood and gore.)
WEBoggle	11/16/06	fast	Nicely implemented Web-based Boggle. (Thanks, JA)
Missile Game 3D	11/16/06	fast	Use the mouse to pilot through the tunnel. Elegant.
Crossword	11/15/06	fast	Good crossword game with no clues. (Thanks, jay)
Paths	11/15/06	fast	Clever drawing game: draw the path, hit the space bar, and move the obstacles. (Thanks, jay)
Double Wires	11/09/06	fast	Swing the stick figure, Tarzan-like. (Thanks, jay)
Commander Keen	11/09/06	long	An old side-scroller now online. A lot like Mario World.
20Q	11/08/06	fast	This game of Twenty Questions has been online for awhile, learning (as a neural network) from user input and becoming surprisingly smart. Try it and see.
Geography Challenge	11/08/06	fast	Nicely done geography quiz.
Globulos	11/07/06	fast	Fantastic set of multi-player games featuring yellow and red bouncing balls. Games this good are rare online. (Note: All the games are kid-friendly but there is always a chat window visible, allowing other players to type uncensored messages.)
Lander	11/06/06	fast	Quick three-level lunar lander game. Fun.
Paper-and-pen games	11/06/06	varies	List of offline games, like Other Foot, that require only pen and paper. Great for parties.
Line Rider	11/03/06	fast	Draw your own track for the sled to ride on. Then watch this video, and this, to see what others have done. (Thanks, kottke)
Four Second Firestorm	11/03/06	fast	Another four-second minigame medley, like Frenzy and Fury before it. (Thanks, jay)
Jinx	10/26/06	fast	Fun kid-friendly adventure game themed for Halloween. This is Part 1, and when you’re done, try Part 2. (Thanks, jay)
Pixel Blaster	10/26/06	fast	Outstanding shootemup except that you have to click to fire. Space bar, please! Be nice to wrists. (Thanks, jay)
Pod Panic	10/25/06	fast	Nicely done, creative update of Asteroids. (Thanks, jay)
Air Monkey	10/21/06	fast	Cute one-button game. Click the mouse to jump onto successive ropes.
Battleships	10/20/06	fast	Good implementation of the classic board game Battleship. Note that you can only play the computer. (Thanks, jay)
Snake Classic	10/20/06	fast	Well done update of this classic game. Don’t eat your tail! (Thanks, jay)
Opniyama	10/11/06	fast	A bit like Fly Guy – a cute, fun world to explore. (Thanks, MUG)
Ollie’s Dance Experience	10/10/06	fast	A keyboard version of Dance Dance Revolution.
Neon 2	10/06/06	fast	Fun shootemup. A bit like Asteroids in the vector-art world of Tempest. (Thanks, jay)
Red	10/02/06	fast	Fantastic update of Missile Command. Concept, graphics, music, game play are all excellent. (Thanks, jay)
RaidenX	09/26/06	fast	Nice homage to the 1980s top-scrolling shooter.
Roly Poly	09/21/06	fast	Inventive interface: move the board, not the character, to finish the level.
Warthog Launch	09/20/06	fast	Launch the jeep in the air to get the floating baddies. Fun. (Thanks, jay)
Panic	09/19/06	fast	Great shootemup. Trick is to shoot the baddies while as high up as possible. (Thanks, jay)
Fly Guy	09/19/06	fast	A very old one, in Internet years, but still good. A friendly little world to explore.
Snowy: The Bear’s Adventures	09/19/06	fast	Cute bear throws snowballs at baddies. (Thanks, jay)
White Jigsaw	09/14/06	fast	Jigsaw puzzles with an especially clean and simple interface. Starts easy and builds up. (Thanks, jay)
Cosmic Encounter	09/14/06	varies	Nice online version of the classic board game. Complex, but fun, once you know the rules. Click “Play as Guest” to avoid registration.
Hyper Sphere	09/11/06	fast	Sort of a 2-D version of the 80s classic Marble Madness.
Fingerbilliard	09/08/06	fast	Fun Flash game of pool. From the home page, choose Toys, then “fingerbillard” [sic].
Digg Games	08/26/06	fast	(List) A couple dozen quick Flash games that have been featured on the home page of Digg.
Board Dots	08/25/06	varies	Elegant and difficult puzzle – click around in the grid and you’ll get it. You have to fill all the squares.
Super Smash Flash	08/24/06	fast	An imperfect but spirited attempt at recreating the Nintendo über-classic for online play. (The regular Super Smash Brothers is, I believe, the best multiplayer console game ever created.)
Flow	08/21/06	varies	Outstanding. Explore a strange aquatic world. Mysterious and soothing. (Thanks, all who recommended.)
Tube Racer	08/21/06	fast	Dizzying game of navigating a series of tubes – that is, the Internet. Just use the arrow keys.
Tama	08/20/06	fast	Neat ball-tossing game. Land in red or blue, avoid black. (Thanks, jay)
Happy Flower Music Time	08/18/06	fast	The old handheld game Simon (mimicking tunes) on animated flower petals. Cute. (Thanks, jay)
Mystery of Castle Wildenburg	08/18/06	long	Nice point-and-click adventure game with photographic backgrounds. (Thanks, jay) inits0818
Pac-Xon	08/17/06	fast	A cross between Pac-Man and Qix – very nice.
Toon Crisis	08/17/06	fast	Shootemup set on the streets of London.
Runes of Shalak	08/17/06	varies	Old-school graphics and music make for a fun Lode Runner-type game. H58K9
Dolphin Olympics	08/16/06	fast	Outstanding. Elegant and fun – just use the arrow keys. Play! (Thanks, jay)
Tilt	08/16/06	fast	Elegant. Use the mouse to keep the toy balanced.
Guess the Place	08/15/06	fast	Guess the city or country from a photo or part of a map.
Insane Orb	08/15/06	fast	Outstanding update of Pong. The space bar can shoot the puck. Watch for a 80s arcade celebrity sighting.
Bullet Bill	08/15/06	fast	Very fast side-scroller where you play the bullet in the Mario games. Cute. (Thanks, jay) Q3TH6
Four Second Frenzy	08/14/06	fast	Another mini-game medley; the sequel to Four Second Fury listed earlier.
Sudoku	08/14/06	varies	The standard, except that here you can click the “New” link to instantly generate a new puzzle.

The source has the complete list.

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