This series of posts will guide you through building a simple game using Deno. This post sets up the game loop, user controls and basic game physics.

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Part 2 of building a dinosaur runner game covers implementing the core game mechanics: setting up an HTML5 canvas, creating a game loop with requestAnimationFrame, adding keyboard and mouse controls for jumping, implementing basic physics (gravity and velocity), and rendering a simple animated character. The tutorial walks through the complete game engine structure, event handling, physics calculations, and deployment to Deno Deploy.

Build a dinosaur runner game with Deno, pt. 2

Setting up the Game Loop, Canvas & Controls