Can WebGL be used to create a tile-based multi-layer scrolling platform game?
- by Nicholas Hill
I've found WebGL (based on OpenGL) to be a fiendish and unforgiving framework for those learning to write HTML5-based games. Despite the presence of many examples on how to get started, I'm really struggling to understand how I could simply load a bunch of images and render them to a canvas quickly using WebGL.
My specific scenario involves trying…