Sunday, November 18, 2012

OS water fall. Microsoft adoption charts and other trends and graphs

Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Pixar names main building after Steve Jobs - SlashGear

http://www.slashgear.com/pixar-names-main-building-after-steve-jobs-07255994/

Apple Told to Pay $368.2 Million to VirnetX in Trial- Bloomberg

> From: JM
>
> http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-07/apple-told-to-pay-368-2-million-to-virnetx-in-patent-trial-1-.html

A federal jury in Tyler, Texas, said Apple's FaceTime function, used on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as well as Mac computers, infringed four VirnetX patents. VirnetX had won a $200 million settlement from Microsoft Corp. in 2010 over the same technology.

"This victory further establishes the importance of our patent portfolio," VirnetX Chief Executive Officer Kendall Larsen said in a statement.

The VirnetX patents cover the use of a domain-name service to set up virtual private networks, through which a website owner can interact with customers in a secure way or an employee can work at home and get access to a company's electronic files.

Monday, November 05, 2012

Tweet from Peter-Paul Koch (@ppk)

Peter-Paul Koch (@ppk) tweeted at 4:23 AM on Mon, Oct 22, 2012:
OK, this is why I hate Linux. Everything is fucking incomprehensible.
(https://twitter.com/ppk/status/260340515483025408)

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Thursday, November 01, 2012

List of JS game engines.

https://gist.github.com/768272


NameSize (KB) License TypeUnit Tests DocsRepository Notes
Akihabara 453GPL2, MIT Classic Reprono API github Intended for making classic arcade-style games in JS+HTML5
AllBinary Platform Platform Dependent AllBinary2D/2.5D/3D noAPI github J2ME, Android, J2SE, HTML5, and more in 2013 (Adobe/Flash and Native)
bdge github Badly Design Game Engine, an HTML5 Javascript game engineDemo.
Canvex FPS An experimental browser-based FPS game engine in the HTML tag. Created in 2006
ChesterGL MIT 2D (WebGL/Canvas),iso,ortho tests github ChesterGL is a simple scene-based 2d rendering engine, with full support for WebGL and a simple (automatic) fallback to canvas when there's no WebGL support. Support time-based actions and animations as well as TMX files and spritesheets.
ClanFX Tile based clanfx is a 2D, tile-based Javascript game engine developed using Javascript and CSS. It currently works in Firefox, Epiphany and Opera browsers. Features include many animated sprites, spell effects, buildings, tiles/textures and basic game AI.
Cocos2D MIT 2D API github Cocos2d-javascript is a 2D game/graphics engine based on cocos2d-iphone but designed to run in the web browser. It uses the latest features available in HTML 5 allowing real-time rendering of 2D graphics without the need for plug-ins such as Adobe Flash
cssgameengine Javascript Game Engine with CSS. Aimed for beginners
Effect Games Effect Games provides free, online tools for building, sharing and playing your own browser based games.
enchant.js GPL, MIT
EntityJS 27kbMIT 2Dyes API github Flexible javascript game engine utlizing entity-component design. Supports sprites, animation, collision, keyboard, mouse, math and more.
Flambe
Flax Apache 2.0 Not released yet. Uses GWT and HTML5. Focus on web-based gaming for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X.About
GameJs 20-80KBMIT 2Dyes APITutorial github similar to PyGame (easy) for Canvas only. CommonJs modules. Comes with development server (only Java needed).
gameQuery MIT APIDocs github gameQuery is a jQuery plug-in to help make javascript game development easier by adding some simple game-related classes. It's still in an early stage of development and may change a lot in future versions.
GammaJS MIT 2.5D PlatformTests API.Tutorials.Topics github Gamma is a new Javascript library which can be used to create 2.5D platform games for a web browser using the power of HTML, JavaScript, CSS and WebGL.
Gamvas Web 40KBMIT 2DNo Docs API google code Javascript / HTML5 Game Framework with Box2D physics integration. Demos
Gladius MIT 3Dyes github Modular 3D engine, w/ entity/component system, event system, extension framework
gTile Tile based
The GMP Javascript Game Engine GPL2, MIT APIManual Emphasis on speed and simplicity, "easy to learn and use"
Hydrax MIT github Haxe port of the PushButton Engine, works with js (css and canvas), flash, and soon C++.
ingenioJS <2KB GPL2D/2.5D RPG Engine yes,included github JavaScript / HTML5 RPG Game Engine. Its structure allows independent rendering methods, such as WebGL, Canvas or DOM Elements. By default it makes usage of DOM Elements and a 2D environment. Currently Tile-Based and 2D, can be easily used for 2.5D and other Rendering Methods.
j5g3 GPLv3 github Still WIP
The Javascript 2D Game Engine GPL Emphasis on gravity/physics/collision detection; uses HTML5 Canvas and ExplorerCanvas for IE support. Focus on limiting CPU usage.
Jaws 33KB (minified), 86KB (full)LGPL 2DTest Suite yesgithub Jaws is a HTML5 2D game development library written in javascript. Sprite, viewport, gameLoop, input handling etc. The core to create a 2D game. Comes with examples.
Jest 30KB (minified), 58KB (full)MIT 2Dnot yet Demos github Jest provides a way to rapidly create JavaScript (HTML5) games using the canvas element. Includes a few samples currently with more on the way.
jGen Isometric wiki google code An attempt to recreate "old school" isometric techniques in the modern web browsers without using a canvas, with only JavaScript and HTML. Map editor online demo
Jomoho JS MIT 2D github Framework for quick game sketching. features: preloading, animations, sound, input, tile Engine, fullscreen, requirejs asynchronous modules
jsGameSoup LGPLv3 2D API bazaar /google code Cross browser event handling. Game entity management. Rudimentary polygon, box, circle collision detection. Sprite management. Fast, deterministic random number generator. Networking (ajax) abstraction layer. Basic cookie management. Auto-init to launch code attached to a specific HTML canvas.
js-verge MIT 2D github A javascript game engine largely based on (and importing file assets from) the VERGE game engine.Demo
LimeJS Apache License API github Special attention to touchscreen devices. HTML5 game framework for fast, native-experience games for all modern touchscreens and desktop browsers.
MelonJS unknown github Can use Tiled Map Editor, the engine is declared "lightweight"
Monwarp github Simple game engine based on using dojo toolkit with box2dweb integration.
Paladin
PixieEngine MIT Yes DocsTutorials PixieDustIDE Hosted IDE with easy import and export. CoffeeScript support.
Play My Code Free to use No Docs Hosted IDE with asset management and image editing. Uses own language that compiles to JavaScript/HTML5.
PlayN Apache 2.0 yes Docs Google Code HTML5 Canvas and WebGL, plus Flash, Android and JVM backends
PropulsionJS 19.6KB MIT API github Uses HTML5 Canvas element
Pulse 84KBMIT 2Dsome API github Focuses on high performance 2D games using HTML5 canvas.
pp3Diso 44KBCC BY-SA 3.0 2D Isometric noDocs To display and manage an 2D isometric map. JavaScript and HTML. Compatible IE6+, Firefox, Safari, iOS, Android, Chrome, ...
QuarkJS 2D Successor of CasualJS.
Red Locomotive 2D, 2.5D
The Render Engine MIT 2D API.Tutorials google code Object oriented. Cross-browser. Extensive API. Open-source. Supports canvas and DOM rendering. Support for Touch Input. Box2DJS Physics Engine Features
Rosewood 2D github Rosewood is a JavaScript library/engine for creating 2d browser-based games that are somewhat in the spirit of old 16-bit games.
RPG JS
Sarien.net interpreter GPL 2D Adventure google code Focuses on making classic Sierra style adventure games.
Sprite.js 23KBSD 2DHTML5 Game framework API github
Steppe 2.5D Raycast landscape renderer, not full engine (yet). 2D canvas, no WebGL! Includes a PHP port for server-side rendering where the HTML5 canvas element isn't supported.
Traffic Cone MIT 2D-2.5D github Traffic Cone is a 2D and isometric tile based game engine written for html5. It makes complex animations of sprites and tiles based worlds fairly simple.
Tom's Halls Platform
TuteiJS MIT 2D github
vegalib LPGL google code A library and other related tools for creating games using Vexi
xc.js BSD 2D Docs github xc.js is a framework for HTML Canvas games in Javascript
WebSonic BSD 3D Docs github WebSonic is a Sonic engine showcased on Sonic Retro in 2010

Lightweight

NameSize (KB) License TypeUnit Tests DocsRepository Notes
atom 2.8BSD 2D, minimal github A tiny game library intended to get out of the way and let you write your game.
Crafty 8.7KBGPL, MIT API github A lightweight, modular JavaScript game engine to easily produce high quality games. Includes a large variety of components such as animation, event management, redraw regions, collision detection, sprites and more
Mibbu 4.35KB (gzip 1.81KB)MIT micro-framework for fast prototyping Mibbu page github blog post
Squarepig 8Kzlib 2Dno github A simple framework for learning and jamming.

Commercial

NameSize (KB) Pricing TypeDocs Notes
BXG 150 2D, Isometric, Orthogonal, Hexagonal
Construct 2 Early adopter, $32 or $169 + Free Version 2D Construct 2 is a visual HTML5 game development tool for Windows. Aimed for both beginners and advanced users.
Float Engine 2D, Isometric and Tile Based Float Engine is a 2d,isometric and tile based game engine built entirely using existing native web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
Geom $69 2DDocs Javascript / HTML5 Game and Content Engine with Pro Editor.
Impact $99 2DDocs.API Javascript / HTML5 Game Engine with world editor. Video tutorial
Isogenic Engine Commercial + Free Version Isometric & 2DDocs & API HTML5 Isometric & 2D Game Engine. Emphasis on real-time persistent worlds, MMO games & plugin architecture, micro-transactions, cloud-based hosting. Realtime networking. Support for canvas and HTML-based output, Node.js + MongoDB. Physics support using Box2D.
Playcraft
UltimateJS 2D Cross-platform, target mobile platforms. Box2D integration. Scene Editor. Cross-platform sounds. github
Unity3D 3D JS backend

Inspired by Flash

NameSize (KB) License TypeUnit Tests DocsRepository Notes
ActionJS no github AS3 like in Javascript
CasualJS 215kb zipped Apache 2.02D, Flash-like noAPI google code CasualJS provides seamless transition to HTML5 from ActionScript 3.0. Features include frame-based rendering and object collisions.
Doodle-js 17k, gzippedBSD 2D, Flash-like github JavaScript animation library for Canvas. Features a scene graph and event handling. Easy to add to an existing page element where Flash no longer displays.
EaselJS 575kb zippedMIT 2D, Flash-like API github Developed by Grant Skinner, retained graphics mode for canvas including a full, hierarchical display list.
FlashJS Apache 2.0 github Uses Flash development model that is verified for years. Also good for everybody who knows Flash.About
FlixelJS MIT 2D github Demo Port of Flixel (Flash) to JS. Announcement thread
IvanK 60kFree software, original source not open
Spaceport spaceport.js is 30KCommercial 2D, Flash-likeyes, not publicly available API Supports multiple targets (iOS, Android, Flash, HTML5). Same API as ActionScript 3, hardware accelerated vector graphics automatically converted from Flash SWFs

Obsolete

NameSize (KB) License TypeUnit Tests DocsRepository Notes
Aves Commercial Obsolete. Company bought by Zynga. E3 2010 Aves Engine Prototype "Suburban World"
Diggy BSD github DHTML-based, abandoned
Hydra MIT github Geared towards mobile, powering a few small commercial games. There's no documentation at all, so I wouldn't recommend it to users, but some pieces may be of interest to other engine developers, such as: How to build a library compatible with Closure Compiler's advanced optimizations, using CSS3 transitions for game animation in a sane way, and abstracting touch events to allow the use of a mouse when playing mobile games on the desktop
Javascript Gamelib GPL Abandoned. Provides relatively simple routines for animation, sprites, collision detection and control.
Rocket Engine Commercial Obsolete. Company bought by Disney. Canvas support. WebGL support. Supports IE8, Mobile. Orthographic and isometric tile rendering. Collision detection. Pathfinding. Real-time multi-user Level editor. Common services required by MMOs. Demo
SpellScript Online/MUD WIP