Leanpub Header

Skip to main content
Go to Leanpub.comLeanpub

Kiwi Game Design Workbook

Game development guide using HTML5 & JavaScript Game Frameworks

Stephen Gose

This is a different book format for game development -- unlike anything you have seen. KiwiJS is the grandfather to Phaser3. You will find extraordinary similarities to the newly released Phaser III.

The author is letting you choose the price you pay for this book!

Pick Your Price...
PDF
EPUB
WEB
13
Readers
209
Pages
47,702Words
About

About

About the Book

This is a different book format for game development -- unlike anything you have seen.  As I create a generic game in html5 using Kiwi.js Game framework, you develop your own game by simply following and translating my easy concepts into your own game design. When you complete this workbook, unlike other game development books, you will have your own game, not a carbon-copy of the author's.

This workbook is divided into two parts of bundled chapters! For example, if you have never created an online game in html5 and JavaScript, you might like to read Part I (Chapters 1 through 3), while a seasoned game developer might start with Part II (chapters 4 through 8) and scourer the appendix. The workbook's appendix is a resource dictionary of available books, and open-source FREE assets on the Internet. Each chapter guides you in my decision/design process ("agile" project management); you will discover why I chose various business and software outcomes -- all of this, in well-commented source code files (external to the book's content), so you can convert into your own production pipeline.

In summary, you complete your own exciting game in your selected genre using your own game mechanics with free open source Kiwi  JavaScript Gaming framework and other 3rd-Party JavaScript tools following this step-by-step workbook. The power of the Kiwi JavaScript Framework is yours.

Share this book

Categories

Project ManagementHTMLJavaScriptES6Web DevelopmentGamingEducationCrafts and HobbiesCreative Non-FictionDIYGamesTextbooksSoftware Architecture

Feedback

Email the author

Installments completed

10 / 10

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Price

Pick Your Price...

Minimum price

$5.99

$39.99

You pay

$39.99

Author earns

$31.99
$

All prices are in US $. You can pay in US $ or in your local currency when you check out.

EU customers: prices exclude VAT, which is added during checkout.

...Or Buy With Credits!

Number of credits (Minimum 1)

1
The author will earn $12.00 from your purchase!
You can get credits monthly with a Reader Membership

Author

About the Author

Stephen Gose

Avatar is an adorable cartoon sketch of my wife. My 48th anniversary is this coming Sept 1, 2026!

Stephen Gose, Ph.D. Information Systems (honorary) (and second-generation German) is a retired Professor Emeritus with a 41-year career as a certified network engineer, and "Certified Cisco Academy Instructor" (CCAI) since 2002. He is listed in the Who's Who for Information Technology for his directly related work for the Internet backbones in the Caribbean, Netherlands, Israel, and Russia. He was awarded "Letters of Appreciation" from AT&T, and the German, Israeli, Dutch, and Russian Governments. Steve has nearly three decades of international "teaching and conference lecturing" in both Local-Area and Wide-Area Networks, network security, Internet backbones, software engineering, and program/project management. He is a retired US Army Signal Corps Officer. He earned, in 2014, the ITT Technical Institute's "Instructor of the Year" out of 8,000 instructors across 144 campuses throughout the USA. 

He graduated from Grand Canyon University with his first B.A. in Religions and Music Education, then a B.S. in Business Admin. from the University of Maryland, and an M.B.A. in International Management from Liberty University.

He is currently pursuing his Th.D. He has been a licensed minister since 1972 and a missionary to Okinawa, Japan. He earned the US Army Chaplain Outstanding Service Award in 1983. 

In his spare time(?), Steve enjoys creating online casual games, software engineering, and managing his online gaming businesses. 

My driving theme: "Always stay humble and kind"

His website is: https://www.Stephen-Gose.com/

His game showcase is: http://www.renown-games.com

His theology website: http://kingdomofgodprinciples.com/

Game Support Site: http://makingbrowsergames.com/

Review my profile on LinkedIn.com: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-gose/

Contents

Table of Contents

Copyright Notice:

  1. Disclaimer
  2. Copyright Notice and Distribution Permission

Forward by Terry Paton

Workbook Abstract

Who should use this workbook?

Your newly obtained skills…

Game Design System™

  1. Online Courses & Resources
  2. Business & Product Management Courses
  3. “Making Browser Games” - Course Series
  4. Game Programming Course
  5. “Walk-Thru Tutorial Series” - Course Series
  6. Game Recipes™ & Instruction guides
  7. IPart I: Concepts and Design

1Business Considerations

  1. 1.1New Dog, Old Tricks?
  2. 1.2Common Marketing Sense
  3. 1.3Chapter One Self-Evaluation Quiz
  4. 1.4Grade Your Readiness
  5. 1.5Generating Game Ideas & Mechanics
  6. 1.6Target Audience Considerations
  7. 1.7What makes a Great Game by Tony Paton
  8. 1.8License & Copyrights
  9. 1.9Formal Business Launch Required?
  10. 1.10Summary
  11. 1.11Chapter FootNotes

2Capturing Your Ideas

  1. 2.1Concept Phase
  2. 2.2The Art of Game Design
  3. Artwork Research
  4. Final Words on Art
  5. 2.3Game Design Document
  6. Game Introduction
  7. Game-Play Overview
  8. Game-Play vs Game Mechanics vs Game Mechanism
  9. Key Game Mechanism Categories
  10. Game Target Audience (aka Marketing Plan)
  11. The Gamers (who is your Target Audience?)
  12. Key Features (Matching the Competition)
  13. Similar Games (Competitors)
  14. Key Differentiation & Unique Features (Setting Us Apart)
  15. Game Flow
  16. 2.4Technical Design Document
  17. Assets Listing
  18. Scaffolding Tools
  19. 2.5Summary
  20. 2.6Chapter FootNotes:

3Building a Workshop

  1. 3.1Workstation Environment Set-up
  2. Workstation Requirements
  3. Development tools
  4. Text Editor
  5. NodeJS
  6. IntelXDK
  7. 3.2Project File Structure
  8. Kiwi Recommendations
  9. Qici Engine (it’s worth the research!)
  10. My Project Recommendations
  11. Web Root (www or public_html)
  12. 3.3Summary
  13. IIPart II. Production and Distribution

4Software Architecture & Design

  1. 4.1Bottom Up Development
  2. 4.2Top-Down vs Bottom-Up
  3. 4.3Game’s web page
  4. Game Index SEO
  5. Achieving Blazing Speed
  6. Creating a Mobile Index Page (ProjectIndex-Mobile.pdf)
  7. Creating Your Index Page (Traditional Method)
  8. Index Page (ProjectIndex.pdf Comparison)
  9. Game Flow & Management
  10. 4.4Game Menus as Modules
  11. Modules
  12. Accessing Your Game from across the Network
  13. Initialize State
  14. Boot / Preload state(s)
  15. Game on local device (ES6 Example Files)
  16. Game on local device (Traditional Method)
  17. Skeleton State file
  18. Splash
  19. Main Menu
  20. Play
  21. Game Services (Your Front-end access)
  22. Game Over - Win or Lose?
  23. Ads & In-game Purchases
  24. Other Menus
  25. Game License
  26. Internationalization
  27. Managing Game Upgrades
  28. 4.5Summary
  29. 4.6Chapter Footnotes

5Game Modes

  1. 5.1Perspectives and Viewpoints
  2. 5.2Single Player
  3. 5.3Massive Multi-player Online Games (MMOG):
  4. Open Source MMO - Nodejs & Websockets
  5. 5.4Mixing & Matching
  6. 5.5Summary
  7. 5.6Chapter Footnotes:

6Game Mechanism Elements

  1. 6.1Basics Concepts
  2. Index page inline script - Reviewed
  3. Adding Display objects
  4. Adding Control Mechanisms
  5. Input Buttons
  6. Preloader.js
  7. Main.js
  8. Keyboard
  9. Pointers
  10. Mouse
  11. Touch & Taps
  12. Device Buttons
  13. Text
  14. Debug Info & HUD
  15. Adding Game Environment & Views
  16. Tile Maps
  17. World Editor?
  18. Adding Sound
  19. 6.2Advanced Concepts
  20. Customized Fonts
  21. Animations
  22. Don’t be Fooled …
  23. History of Animation
  24. Animation Today
  25. Animation Recommendations
  26. Tweens
  27. 6.3Summary
  28. 6.4Chapter Footnotes:

7Network Concepts

  1. 7.1Security Concerns
  2. Protecting Game Assets
  3. Use of <iframe>
  4. Bad Bot!
  5. Other Considerations
  6. 7.2Game Services (Back-end)
  7. CMS - Server-side Frameworks
  8. Index Page (Non-Traditional Method)
  9. High Scores Services
  10. Membership Login
  11. 7.3Summary
  12. 7.4Chapter Footnotes

8Blood Pit Tutorial

  1. 8.1Production release version.
  2. 8.2CodeIgniter / Kiwi Integrated CMS
  3. CodeIgniter Prep Step-by-Step
  4. Game Shell (click dummy)

What’s next?

  1. Book Review Protocol
  2. Tell the world about your game!
  3. Appendix

Sources and Further Reading

  1. Other Books (Phaser.JS the grandson of Kiwijs)

Part I Concepts and Design

  1. Game Business Development & References:
  2. Capturing Your Ideas

Game Genre Descriptions & Starter Kits (Mechanics)

  1. Action Game Starter Kits:
  2. Adventure Game Starter Kits:
  3. Casino Game Starter Kits:
  4. Educational:
  5. Fighting Game Starter Kits:
  6. Platformers Game Starter Kits:
  7. Puzzle Game Starter Kits:
  8. Racing Game Starter Kits:
  9. Rhythm / Music
  10. Role Playing Game (RPG) Starter Kits:
  11. Shooters Game Starter Kits:
  12. Simulations
  13. Sports
  14. Strategy Game Starter Kits:
  15. Artwork Research
  16. Online Tools
  17. Prefabricated Art
  18. Building Your Work Environment
  19. Bottom Up Development

Phase II Game Production & Distribution

  1. Game Distribution Channels
  2. Game Elements
  3. Maze samples
  4. Labyrinth Algorithm References Appendix
  5. JavaScript & HTML
  6. Microsoft Office Excel Maze
  7. Wolfenstein source code
  8. Deadly Alien Map Editor (DAME)
  9. Mappy Application
  10. Tiled Application
  11. AutoRealm40 - Vector based drawing software designed for RPGs
  12. Ludology
  13. Network Concepts
  14. Codeigniter / KiwiJS Integrated CMS
  15. Tutorials

Web site reference:

Game Design References:

Game Programming References:

  1. Development Tools
  2. DNS prefetching
  3. HTML5
  4. JavaScript
  5. CSS
  6. Storage
  7. Structured Data

Copyright Resources

Marketing Ad Resources Appendix

Project Management Analysis Appendix

  1. Game Project Management
  2. Prototyping
  3. Incremental
  4. Spiral
  5. RAD (Rapid Application Development)
  6. Source Code Mozart’s Music Match
  7. Appendix Foot Notes:

The Leanpub 60 Day 100% Happiness Guarantee

Within 60 days of purchase you can get a 100% refund on any Leanpub purchase, in two clicks.

Now, this is technically risky for us, since you'll have the book or course files either way. But we're so confident in our products and services, and in our authors and readers, that we're happy to offer a full money back guarantee for everything we sell.

You can only find out how good something is by trying it, and because of our 100% money back guarantee there's literally no risk to do so!

So, there's no reason not to click the Add to Cart button, is there?

See full terms...

Earn $8 on a $10 Purchase, and $16 on a $20 Purchase

We pay 80% royalties on purchases of $7.99 or more, and 80% royalties minus a 50 cent flat fee on purchases between $0.99 and $7.98. You earn $8 on a $10 sale, and $16 on a $20 sale. So, if we sell 5000 non-refunded copies of your book for $20, you'll earn $80,000.

(Yes, some authors have already earned much more than that on Leanpub.)

In fact, authors have earned over $14 million writing, publishing and selling on Leanpub.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub

Free Updates. DRM Free.

If you buy a Leanpub book, you get free updates for as long as the author updates the book! Many authors use Leanpub to publish their books in-progress, while they are writing them. All readers get free updates, regardless of when they bought the book or how much they paid (including free).

Most Leanpub books are available in PDF (for computers) and EPUB (for phones, tablets and Kindle). The formats that a book includes are shown at the top right corner of this page.

Finally, Leanpub books don't have any DRM copy-protection nonsense, so you can easily read them on any supported device.

Learn more about Leanpub's ebook formats and where to read them

Write and Publish on Leanpub

You can use Leanpub to easily write, publish and sell in-progress and completed ebooks and online courses!

Leanpub is a powerful platform for serious authors, combining a simple, elegant writing and publishing workflow with a store focused on selling in-progress ebooks.

Leanpub is a magical typewriter for authors: just write in plain text, and to publish your ebook, just click a button. (Or, if you are producing your ebook your own way, you can even upload your own PDF and/or EPUB files and then publish with one click!) It really is that easy.

Learn more about writing on Leanpub