Cannons A'Blazing! Post-mortem: LuxAhoy HTML5 Game

Luxurious Animals shares the challenges in creating HTML5 games with
specific emphasis on Lux Ahoy which recently was named Top 10 HTML5 game
of 2012 www.luxahoy.com (http://luxahoy.com/). See how the Animals developed this
pirate-loving game from its humble to beginnings and overcame many of the
browser specific performances issues that is HTML canvas rendering.
Drawing from their past gaming background a project of this complexity
seemed like a daunting task at first, but thankfully frameworks such as
Box2dWeb, EaselJS, SoundJS, and a bit of jQuery in development make the
platform a bit more manageable to code.

Garrett Nantz is Chief Creative Officer and Founder of Luxurious Animals
www.luxanimals.com (https://owa.viacom.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=nFRvZPUnVUCB8Al4FGoVgfKtNcdk3M8IX9HS0JBnFF4TsludVaKAzoBHF2bPb982LHC8LHZAIAg.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.luxanimals.com). In 2008, he started the agency to merge traditional
storytelling with interactivity. The company has been fortunate to have
created websites, games, installations, and commercials for brands such as
Esquire, Lufthansa, HBO, Porsche, Lunchables and Panera Bread.