Grant Skinner
Bio
Grant Skinner is an internationally recognized leader in the field of interactive development.
His body of work spans experimental interaction, applications, games, websites, installations, embedded devices, and mobile, with a recent focus on projects that span multiple environments.
Grant fuses his experience with design, user experience, development, and business with a driving creativity to produce projects that push the boundaries of interactive technologies.
While building gskinner.com into a leading interactive production shop, Grant has worked with a wide range of high calibre clients including Google, Microsoft, Adobe, AOL, BBC, Salesforce, Nissan, GE, EA, CNN, and DirectTV.
Most recently, Grant has been working on bringing Flash-like interactive experiences to the open web via tools & libraries such as CreateJS, Zoe, and the Flash Pro Toolkit For CreateJS.
Session
Building Fun (with CreateJS & HTML5)
Building games is fun! Building web-deployed, device-friendly, multi-player games using bleeding-edge web standards is fun AND challenging.
This session will explore the process and challenges of building a collection of online arcade-style games for a major client using CreateJS and HTML5.
The talk will cover a wide range of areas including concept & design, process & tools, opportunities, and a variety of technical topics such as canvas, web audio, asset management, CSS3D, multiplayer, multitouch, cross-browser & device support, performance management, and more.
