I like PIXI.js as it is really easy to use, yet is really powerful.

I made this Game with it in 48 hours for ludumdare (doesnt work in mozilla, which is a fault in my code not pixi's)

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A renderer agnostic two-dimensional drawing api for the web.
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GitHub - I2Djs/I2Djs: Integrated-2D is a Javascript 2D rendering framework for SVG, Canvas, and WebGL contexts. I2Djs provides the same API for all rendering contexts.
Integrated-2D is an open-source JavaScript framework for rendering 2D graphics in SVG, Canvas, WebGL, and PDF contexts.
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What is the best 2d graphic library for javascript? - Stack Overflow
I want to make simple 2d game using javaScript. What should i know before i start? I'm a c# programmer and I don't have much experience with js. Is there any design patterns should i know about? More on stackoverflow.com
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You might want to stick to React if you're used to that and all game graphics can be expressed as html/css. If you use a framework like phaser or raw canvas, you'll end-up re-implementing some of standard html goodies like cross-platform input (mouse/touch/keyboard), accessibility, etc. Only If shader-based graphical effects are needed, you'll have to use canvas with webgl, and then a framework like pixijs or phaser is a good choice. More on reddit.com
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You can use a game library like Phaser, Pixi or Babylon for your 2D game, and render the output of that canvas element to a texture in ThreeJS. More on reddit.com
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The core advice is still the same: ... avoiding SVG (and any library built on top of it) because it may cause performance issues when trying to rapidly change the DOM. Canvas is the go-to solution for high performance web graphics, both for the 2d and 3d (webgl) conte... More on stackoverflow.com
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PixiJS | The HTML5 Creation Engine | PixiJS
PixiJS - The HTML5 Creation Engine. Create beautiful digital content with the fastest, most flexible 2D WebGL renderer.
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11 JavaScript frameworks for creating graphics | Creative Bloq
September 22, 2021 - Twos.js comes into its own when handling 2D animation (Image credit: Two.js) Not to be confused with D3.js, two.js is an open-source JavaScript library for two-dimensional drawing on the web.
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I like PIXI.js as it is really easy to use, yet is really powerful.

I made this Game with it in 48 hours for ludumdare (doesnt work in mozilla, which is a fault in my code not pixi's)

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WebGL: 2D and 3D graphics for the web - Web APIs | MDN
WebGL (Web Graphics Library) is a JavaScript API for rendering high-performance interactive 3D and 2D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins. WebGL does so by introducing an API that closely conforms to OpenGL ES 2.0 that can be used in HTML elements.
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Konva
konvajs.org
Konva - JavaScript Canvas 2d Library
Konva is 2d Canvas JavaScript framework for drawings shapes, animations, node nesting, layering, filtering, event handling, drag and drop and much more.
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keywords:2D Graphics - npm search
2D · 3D · graphics · awayfoundation• 0.2.435 • 2 months ago • 1 dependents • Apache-2.0published version 0.2.435, 2 months ago1 dependents licensed under $Apache-2.0 · 38,552 · Maker.js, a Microsoft Garage project, is a JavaScript library for creating and sharing modular line drawings for CNC and laser cutters.
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escher.js | 2D graphics canvas framework for easier interactive web graphics.
2D graphics canvas framework for easier interactive web graphics.
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r/GameDevelopment on Reddit: Best javascript library/ framework for developing 2D game Website
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Hi, I’m working on a 2D board game website that’s not real-time, where players move tokens around the board based on various rules. I’m proficient with React, and I’m wondering if it’s the right choice for building this type of game, or if I should consider a game-specific framework like Phaser.js or just use plain JavaScript with Canvas.

The game will have customizable features like token placement, movement, and the number of tokens. I’d like to know what others think would be the best approach to develop this type of game and handle these customizations.

Any advice on frameworks/libraries or even game logic implementation tips would be much appreciated!

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You might want to stick to React if you're used to that and all game graphics can be expressed as html/css. If you use a framework like phaser or raw canvas, you'll end-up re-implementing some of standard html goodies like cross-platform input (mouse/touch/keyboard), accessibility, etc. Only If shader-based graphical effects are needed, you'll have to use canvas with webgl, and then a framework like pixijs or phaser is a good choice.
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Phaser for sure, best framework ever!
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GitHub - sameerb/jsDraw2D: Javascript Graphics Library
This is a pure JavaScript library to draw 2D graphics without using SVG,VML or Canvas. The library just uses div elements to construct the shapes. Along with all basics shapes like line, rectangle, polygon, circle, ellipse and arc, it can also draw the advanced shapes like curves and beziers.
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The Swiss Army Knife of Vector Graphics Scripting – Scriptographer ported to JavaScript and the browser, using HTML5 Canvas. Created by @juerglehni & @jonathanpuckey ... Konva.js is an HTML5 Canvas JavaScript framework that extends the 2d context by enabling canvas interactivity for desktop and mobile applications. ... The JavaScript library for modern SVG graphics.
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I'm working on a 2d game inside a 3d monitor and I think that using boxes with textures isnt very performance friendly in this scenario. I cant really find any specific 2d graphics for threejs or r3f and idk if cannon or rapier are good in this case.

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You can use a game library like Phaser, Pixi or Babylon for your 2D game, and render the output of that canvas element to a texture in ThreeJS.
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threejs is perfectly fine for 2d, a textured plane is as fast as it gets, rapier has a2d variant and the 3d lib can be constrained to two axes, there’s also p2 for physics. What people often forget is that 3d into 2d gives you a ton of benefits, things like parallax for instance are practically for free because you can have cameras that look top down. Take a look https://twitter.com/williammanco/status/1587873321688915970?s=46&t=wv5EJPuK32MHxbjV0bW_FA
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Martin E. Meserve - K7MEM - jsDraw2D.js - Javascript 2D Graphics Library
Javascript® Electronic Notebook by Martin E. Meserve jsDraw2D.js - Javascript 2D Graphics Library · jsDraw2D.js is a Javascript library to draw 2D graphics on web page inside web browser. The library is entirely written in Javascript and does not need any plug-in or additional software to ...
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A Beginner's Guide to Drawing 2D Graphics With Two.js | Envato Tuts+
July 12, 2022 - Follow along and you'll learn how to create and animate shapes from JavaScript. Two.js is renderer agnostic, so you can rely on the same API to draw 2D with Canvas, SVG, or WebGL. The library has a lot of methods which can be used to control how different shapes appear on the screen or how they are animated.
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8 Best Free and Open-Source Drawing Libraries in JavaScript | Envato Tuts+
August 20, 2021 - Two.js is a pretty popular and easy-to-use library when it comes to drawing 2D shapes with JavaScript. It is very well documented, and you will have to spend very little time learning the basics. There are two things that you will like about the library. First, it is render agnostic. This means that you can use the same API to draw your graphics on the canvas element, with SVG, or with WebGL.
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JavaScript 2D libraries | LibHunt
Phaser is a fun, free and fast 2D game framework for making HTML5 games for desktop and mobile web browsers, supporting Canvas and WebGL rendering. [Moved to: https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser] ... The Swiss Army Knife of Vector Graphics Scripting – Scriptographer ported to JavaScript and the ...
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Updated answer (2019):

The core advice is still the same: for maximal performance use thin wrappers or use raw browser API's, and also avoid the DOM or any DOM-like structure. In 2019 this means avoiding SVG (and any library built on top of it) because it may cause performance issues when trying to rapidly change the DOM.

Canvas is the go-to solution for high performance web graphics, both for the 2d and 3d (webgl) contexts. Flash is dead so no longer an option, but even if it weren't its performance was eventually matched by the native browser API's.

Original answer (2009):

If you're not doing 3d, just use raw canvas with excanvas as an explorer fall-back. Your bottleneck will be javascript execution speed, not line rendering speed. Except for IE, which will bog down when the scene gets too complex because VML actually builds a dom.

If you're really worried about performance though, definitely go with flash and write the whole thing in actionscript. You'll get an order of magnitude better performance, and with the flex sdk you don't even need to buy anything. There are several decent libraries for 3d in flash/flex available.

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Raphael JavaScript Library

http://raphaeljs.com

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A collection of WebGL and WebGPU frameworks and libraries · GitHub
| Haiku | | | 2D & 3D WebGPU game engine written in TypeScript | ... I forked this to https://github.com/trusktr/WebGL-WebGPU-frameworks-libraries to make it possible for anyone to contribute via pull request.
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JavaScript Graphics
D3 is a JavaScript library for visulaizing data in some spectactular ways. Start at the D3 Gallery then make your way to the D3 home page and find some tutorials to make your own creations. HTML features a <canvas> element, designed for drawing. Here are the docs and here is a tutorial · Canvas ...
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