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@aliciability #SassGames You Can Make Games! Alicia Sedlock | Sass Summit 2015

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@aliciability #SassGames Purple Monkey Game Jam

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames A gaming community centered on the web

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames Can we use HTML & CSS to make games?

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@aliciability #SassGames Where does Sass come in?

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@aliciability #SassGames • Wide audience without going through publishers • Can interest web developers in game development, and vice versa • Is it even possible? But why?

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@aliciability #SassGames What makes a game, a game?

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@aliciability #SassGames “…a system of rules in which agents compete by making ambiguous decisions." - Gamasutra, "What Makes A Game"

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@aliciability #SassGames

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@aliciability #SassGames • What the player needs to do (Objective) • How the player does this (Mechanics) • What is the result of their action?
 (Win condition)

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@aliciability #SassGames • What the player needs to do (Objective) • How the player does this (Mechanics) • What is the result of their action?
 (Win condition)

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@aliciability #SassGames Demos @ CodePen!

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles

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@aliciability #SassGames Directions

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@aliciability #SassGames Directions

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@aliciability #SassGames …but it needs JavaScript :(

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@aliciability #SassGames Make A Scene

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@aliciability #SassGames Make A Scene

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@aliciability #SassGames …but is STILL needs JavaScript!

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles…with less JS? http://codepen.io/M_J_Robbins/pen/NPRGjP

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles…with less JS? http://codepen.io/M_J_Robbins/pen/NPRGjP

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@aliciability #SassGames Walk Cycles…with less JS? http://codepen.io/M_J_Robbins/pen/NPRGjP

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@aliciability #SassGames Enemy Generation

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@aliciability #SassGames Enemy Generation

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@aliciability #SassGames Enemy Generation - Placement and Floating

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@aliciability #SassGames Hmm….

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@aliciability #SassGames Hmm…. Can’t detect overlap/collision

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@aliciability #SassGames Is there any game we can make without JS?!

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@aliciability #SassGames Tic-Tac-Toe
 (https://codepen.io/ziga-miklic/pen/Fagmh)

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@aliciability #SassGames Tic-Tac-Toe
 (https://codepen.io/ziga-miklic/pen/Fagmh)

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@aliciability #SassGames Tic-Tac-Toe
 (https://codepen.io/ziga-miklic/pen/Fagmh)

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@aliciability #SassGames Tic-Tac-Toe
 (https://codepen.io/ziga-miklic/pen/Fagmh)

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@aliciability #SassGames You Can Make Games!

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@aliciability #SassGames You Can Make Games! (…kinda!)

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@aliciability #SassGames • Limited response to user input & physics • Cannot detect collisions • Sass compilation • Audio • Controller support We’ve Got Some Problems

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@aliciability #SassGames Just Because You Can…

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@aliciability #SassGames • Continue to push the limits of Sass/CSS? • Sass “game engine”? • Responsive games? • Great for prototyping? …Does It Mean We Should?

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@aliciability #SassGames Sass/CSS handles how things look and behave JavaScript handles reactions to input and state

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@aliciability #SassGames Sass and JavaScript are complimentary for games!

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@aliciability #SassGames What about the games community?

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@aliciability #SassGames Twine

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@aliciability #SassGames The web needs more game developers

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@aliciability #SassGames • CSS and 3D Games • Game Console Browsers Good Reads/Watches

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@aliciability #SassGames Thanks, Sass Summit!