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Started working with it as was looking for a free HTML5 engine or library and I must say I am very dissatisfied with it. There are many things that feel undeveloped. For keyboard usage you must define the keyboard Ascii key as well as tie it to the document. The animation system is very lacking as well.

Now do not get me completely wrong. It has some great features and is pretty easy to work with it is just not for me.

http://createjs.com/#!/CreateJS

EaselJS is a general-form animation tool designed to function very similarly to Flash (it actually powers Adobe Edge, which is their HTML5 replacement for Flash). Since it isn't a game engine, it still takes a lot of work and wiring to get it game ready. If you want a game engine, there are probably a lot better options out there.

Ah that makes sense. Was wondering why it was missing so much.

Here's a tutorial that uses EasleJs/CreateJs to make a JavaScript browser based game, kinda like a shooter with a scoring system.

JavaScript Game Tutorial Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ursAIqM3Tpo

JavaScript Game Tutorial Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hpBX25THlk

JavaScript Game Tutorial Part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7mwk8U1yno

Here is the git repository for the tutorial aswell:
https://github.com/mlassoff/30minutegame

Even though EaselJS is the industry standard for HTML5 content, PixiJS looks pretty nice and has some features that really seem to set it apart (such as WebGL rendering with a canvas fallback). For personal projects that are going to start with a rendering engine rather than a game engine, I would say to probably go Pixi.