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Hey guys, It's Guillaume here.

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I work as a web designer, at Little Workshop.

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And I'm one of the makers of BrowserQuest,

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a 2D massively multiplayer game, made in HTML5.

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this is what it looks like

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it's a kind of action RPG that you can play with

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dozens of other people in a single web page.

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Our goal was to make a demo of how you can use WebSockets

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to create fun and interactive web apps and games.

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In BrowserQuest, you start as a simple villager.

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The more you explore the world around you

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the more items and achievements you earn.

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You can either choose to play by yourself

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or team-up with other players and start hunting together.

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An achievement window can be viewed any time

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by clicking on the trophy icon to monitor your progress in the adventure.

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the networking engine of the game is powered by websockets

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a new technology that allows realtime communication between your browser

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and the server.

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This is how you can see other players running and fighting around you.

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Of course BrowserQuest relies on a fair number of web technologies,

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not just websockets

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The game client is written in JavaScript and uses

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HTML5 Canvas for the rendering engine

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localStorage is also used to save your character on your device

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while HTML5 Audio manages sound and music.

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Another cool thing about BrowserQuest, is that since it all happens

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in a web page, it's available across many platforms.

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As long you are using a websocket enabled browser, the game

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should run on your desktop computer, and also as an experimental version

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on iPhone and iPad as well as tablets and mobile phones running Firefox for Android.

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We achieved this by the combinaison of rendering optimisations

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and CSS media queries to adapt the experience to the device.

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So be sure to try to game, not only on your computer but also

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in the browser of your mobile phone or tablets.

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Thanks for watching, and I hope to see you in game!