HTML5 Tile Engine

Question

Where can I find a tile engine for HTML5 <canvas>, for writing 2D games?

Answer 1

Possibly: http://www.effectgames.com/effect/ and in particular http://www.effectgames.com/effect/#Article/docs/Sprites_and_Tiles_Guide However note that effect is free to use but proprietary and not open source.

Other Javascript/Canvas game engine libraries that would make it easy (but may not have specific tile support/documentation):

• http://github.com/kesiev/akihabara
• http://gamejs.org/
• http://code.google.com/p/cakejs/
• http://gamequery.onaluf.org/

Sites you might want to follow:

• Mozilla Labs Gaming
• Badass Javascript

Answer 2

This site compares a few well.

http://city41.github.io/breakouts/

Answer 3

This engine, called Tile, is a work in progress. If anything, it might give folks looking to write their own engines a few ideas about what to do (or what not to do, if you prefer).