The core concepts of WebGL

I've you've had trouble wrapping your head around WebGL, the Mozilla Hack Blog has a create, very well-written introduction to the core concepts of WebGL

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Creating a virtual pet tutorial

Pablo Farías at Zenva has posted a tutorial on BinPress.com on creating a virtual pet game with HTML5.

Check out the full tutorial and head over to Zenva for more HTML5 Game tutorials.

Making the Move to HTML5 as a console developer

David Galeano and Duncan Tebbs, developers at HTML5 game portal Turbulenz have posted the first part of an three part series on moving to HTML5 from console development.

The talk about a number of specifics and peculiarities of the JavaScript and what tools you can use to help make the leap.

Read the full article on GamaSutra.com

HTML5 Web Audio API tutorial

Kyle Nau has posted an excellent 30 minute video tutorial on HTML5 Web Audio with a razor focus on using Web Audio for simply loading and playing sounds in games and not worrying about all the other stuff, that can get pretty complex.

Watch the tutorial on Kylenau.com

Battle on the high seas: 5-part beginner HTML5 Game Tutorial

JSPro.com, a site dedicated to the latest and greatest in JavaScript, has a 5-part tutorial series on creating a mobile-friendly HTML5 Game called Sea Battle.

It's great tutorial for people who haven't yet started playing around with HTML5 Game Development as it covers a lot of the basics in detail from the ground up.

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Pointer Lock and First Person Shooter Controls

HTML5 Rocks has a in-depth article discussing the much-heralded pointer lock API and along with an overview of how to build FPS-style mouse-powered controls.

Read the article on HTML5Rocks

Create a Mobile HTML5 Farming Game

Pablo Farias has written an in-depth tutorial on Binpress on how to create a Mobile HTML5 Farming Game. The tutorial is targeted at beginners and uses the popular mobile-friendly LimeJS framework.

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Performance tips of JavaScript in V8

A great article on some very specific considerations for your code to make it take advantage of all the optimizations that V8 does these days.

It includes a discussion of how V8 create hidden classes, optimizes arrays, and compiles down JavaScript code.

Check out the full article on HTML5Rocks

HTML5 Game Starter Kit for Windows 8

The blog digitalerr0r has an excellent 3-part series on creating a HTML5 Game in Windows 8 that shows you the pieces you need to build a game for Windows 8 and successfully get it submitted to the Windows 8 store. 

As the author notes, games are getting rejected because they don't realize they mandatory pieces like a privacy policy.

Download the HTML5 Game Starter Kit for Windows 8 and then either follow the individual links or watch the video embedded below.

Part I / Part II / Part III

4-Part Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript Tutorial

Chris Bowen has written a 4-part series on SitePoint on creating a game for Windows 8 using JavaScript.

The tutorial series walks you through the steps of building Catapult Wars, a sample XNA game, using JavaScript and Web technologies.

To follow along you'll need Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012, as the tutorial describes how to build a native Windows 8 app using JavaScript.

The tutorial is broken down into 4 parts, and uses HTML5, JavaScript, WinJS and CreateJS

• Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Windows 8 App Basics
• Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Game Basics & CreateJS/EaselJS
• Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Game Logic
• Creating a Simple Windows 8 Game with JavaScript: Input and Sound