By Dominic Szablewski, creator of the Impact Game Engine This post is part of Who's at Google I/O, a series of guest blog posts written by developers who are appearing in the Developer Sandbox at Google I/O. Impact is a JavaScript game engine that uses the HTML5 Canvas and Audio elements for graphics and sound, instead of relying on any browser plugins. Impact's main focus is on classic 2D games.
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