Building Games for Firefox OS

Andre Garzia

Table of Contents

Building Games for Firefox OS

Introduction
Setup For Firefox OS Development
- The Gecko Engine
- What applications do you need?
- App Manager Setup
- Installing the Firefox OS Simulator
- Summary
The App Manager
About Games
Our Game
Setting Up Our Game
Initializing Foxnoid
Managing Assets
- Defining Atmosphere
- Planing For Different Form Factors
- Planning Our Game Assets
- Building The Preload Game State
- Summary
Gameloop
Handling Input
- The Action That Drives The Game
- Touch Input Considerations
- Keyboard Input
- Gamepad Input
- Controlling Our Game
- Summary
Winning or Losing
Engaging Players
The Firefox Marketplace
Appendix 1: Useful Links
Appendix 2: Javascript Books
Appendix 3: Game Development Books
Appendix 4: Firefox OS Related Links
Appendix 5: Gameloop Chapter Code
Appendix 6: Input Chapter Code
Appendix 7: Levels Chapter Code
Notes

Building Games for Firefox OS/Appendix 1: Useful Links

Appendix 1: Useful Links

Mozilla
Mozilla Brasil Community Page
Firefox OS Developer Hub
Mozilla Developers Network: Best documentation ever!
Firefox OS
WebAPI on Mozilla Wiki

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Appendix 1: Useful Links