kaplay

KAPLAY is a 2D game library for JavaScript and TypeScript, described as "fun-first" and designed to feel like a game while you build games. It targets both beginners and experienced developers. Key capabilities evidenced in the README: - Component-based game objects: entities are composed from components such as sprite, rect, pos, area, body, health, plus tags and plain data fields. - Imperative behavior API: event handlers like onCollide, onUpdate and onKeyDown, plus tag-based queries for group behaviors. - Asset loading: loadSprite and similar helpers for images and sounds. - Web-based editor: KAPLAYGROUND (play.kaplayjs.com) for trying code instantly, with more than 90 examples. - Installation paths: create-kaplay scaffolding via npx, package managers npm/yarn/pnpm/bun, and a browser CDN script tag. - TypeScript support: global types via an import directive or tsconfig types entry, plus importable source types. - Documentation, tutorials and community channels: official docs, Discord, GitHub Discussions, Twitter/X, BlueSky and Mastodon. - Game showcases: collections on itch.io and Newgrounds. The README also credits third-party assets and contributors used in examples and sprites. No performance benchmarks, rankings or comparative claims are provided.