gameengines.md

Game Engines

Name	Latest Release	Size (KB)	License	Type	Unit Tests	Docs	Notes
The Render Engine	1.5.3		MIT				Cross-browser; extensive API; open-source. 2
gameQuery	0.5.1		CC BY-SA 2.5				Designed to be used with jQuery
gTile	0.0.1 (2008-07-21)			Tile based
Akihabara	1.3		GPL2/MIT	Classic Repro			Intended for making classic arcade-style games in JS+HTML5 3
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. 4
The GMP Javascript Game Engine	1.7.4 (2010-10-31)		GPL2/MIT				Emphasis on speed and simplicity, "easy to learn and use" 5
Crafty	0.1	7.6	GPL/MIT				Intended to be lightweight and modular 6
Effect Games
PropulsionJS	1.1		MIT				Uses HTML5 Canvas element. 7
Flax							Not released yet. Uses GWT and HTML5. Focus on web-based gaming for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. 8
j5g3			GPLv3				Still WIP
cssgameengine							Aimed for beginners
jsGameSoup	v74		LGPLv3
Javascript Gamelib	2.10
Sarien.net interpreter			GPL	2D Adventure
jGen				Isometric
Isogenic Engine				Isometric
GammaJS	1.0		MIT	2.5D Platform
Tom's Halls	3.0			Platform
Diggy			BSD				DHTML-based, abandoned
Impact			Commercial ($99)	2D
Rocket Engine			Commercial
Aves			Commercial?
Rosewood				2D
Cocos2D			BSD	2D
GameJS			MIT	2D
xc.js			BSD	2D
vegalib			LPGL
ClanFX	0.0.1			Tile based
Canvex			FPS
bdge							Demo

3D Engines

Compared to full-fledged game engines these might be missing some features (AI, sound, game logic, network etc.) and you might need to use some other libs to provide these features.

Name	Latest Release	Size (KB)	License	Unit Tests	Docs	Notes
Pre3d						Demo
three.js			MIT
C3DL	2.1 (?)		MIT
CopperLicht	1.3.2 (?)
JS3D	0.1a (2007-02-05)		GPL
Sandy 3D						Apparently compiles to JS via Haxe
O3D		BSD

Collision Detection

• http://code.google.com/p/box2dweb/ - port of Box2D to JS

Animation

Name | Latest Release | Size (KB) | License | Unit Tests | Docs | Notes | :-----------|:------------|:-------------|:-------------|:-------------|:-------------|:-------------|:-------------| sprite.js|||VIEW|||Created with goal of having common JS framework for dsktop and web. 1

Audio

• SoundManager2

Graphics

Canvas

Name	Latest Release	Size (KB)	License	Unit Tests	Deps	IE	SVG	Docs	Notes
canto.js	0.15 (2010-10-18)	56		X
fabric.js		97		X		X	X	X	Demo
gury.js		10		O				X
CAKE		211		O
Mootools Canvas Library (MCL)		8			Mootools
HTML5 Canvas Library		12
Layered Canvas Library (LCL)		21
Artisan.js		17		O
canvg		78.3		X			X	O
burst		56						X	Not maintained anymore
easel.js		65		O		O	O	X
processing.js
toxiclibsjs			LPGL2.1						Works great with processing.js.
CAAT			MIT
Unveil.js
doodle.js			BSD

X = yes, O = no

Note that size comparisons may not be accurate due to compression (some libs don't compress by default).

• Stackblur - Fast implementation of blur for Canvas
• Pixastic - Basic image manipulation ops
• Raphaël - Designed for drawing vector graphics
• CamanJS - Basic filtering ops for Canvas
• CanvasContext2DWrapper - Method chaining for Canvas

WebGL

• WebGLU - WebGL helpers

Color

• color.js - Color management utilities, MIT

Math

• Sylvester - vector & matrix

Other

• PlayMyCode - Online game creation community. Uses Quby (looks like Ruby) and compiles to JavaScript.
• Sphere RPG Engine - Designed for RPG creation. Uses JavaScript to script logic.
• playtomic - Commercial service providing analytics, leaderboards etc. services for games. Provides HTML5/JS API in addition to AS2/AS3 ones.