GameJs is a JavaScript library for writing 2D games or other interactive graphic applications for the HTML Canvas. Its API is modeled after the successful PyGame http://pygame.org library.

• Powerful, proven, and thin abstraction for 2D
• Sane JavaScript! With CommonJs support
• Runs in modern browsers
• optional server-side integration with RingoJs http://ringojs.org

The API will change though it will converge to a sensible translation of PyGame concepts to JavaScript.

If you downloaded a release just unzip the files.

You need:

• Java 1.5+
• git and ant

Clone the GameJs repository:

git clone git://github.com/oberhamsi/gamejs.git

Get all needed submodules with git:

cd gamejs
git submodule init
git submodule update

Compile RingoJs:

ant -f gamejs/app/ringojs/build.xml jar

You should now be able to start the GameJs server.

You need Java 1.5+. Start the GameJs web server with gjs-server.sh or gjs-server.cmd (Windows). And view the dashboard in your browser:

http://localhost:8080/

Several links to the example apps should show up. The source to those apps is in the apps/ directory of your GameJs installation.

Only recommended for demonstration purposes. More infos in the help file 'docs/retarted-edition' https://github.com/oberhamsi/gamejs/blob/master/docs/retarded-edition.md

Check the docs folder of your GameJs installation.

A couple of example apps can be found in the apps directory.

See the GameJs Website for more help or drop us an email in the Mailing List.