Gamedev Canvas Workshop - lesson 1

Create the Canvas and draw on it.

by Sedbol

HTML

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="480" height="320"></canvas>

CSS

canvas { background: #eee; }

JavaScript

var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(20, 40, 50, 50);
ctx.fillStyle = "#FF0000";
ctx.fill();
ctx.closePath();

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(240, 160, 20, 0, Math.PI*2, false);
ctx.fillStyle = "green";
ctx.fill();
ctx.closePath();

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(160, 60, 100, 10);
ctx.strokeStyle = "rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.5)";
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();