My Name is Dominic Szablewski.
You can find me on Github, Twitter or Vimeo.

I Write Sometimes

Articles and Comments from the Blog I began writing 6 Years ago

Latest Posts on my blog

MPEG1 Video Decoder in JavaScript 05/2013

Why decoding Video in JavaScript is not as stupid as it sounds and why Video Codecs are no walk in the park.

How much Traffic is too much Traffic for CloudFlare? 02/2013

While CloudFlare advertises their DDOS protection as major selling point, they kicked us in face of a “Layer 7 Attack” – actually just normal web traffic from our users.

Ejecta 09/2012

Internals of the iOS JavaScript+Canvas Framework and why drawing lines in OpenGL is challenging.

Older, Noteworthy Articles

Drawing Pixels is Hard 09/2012

The challenges of faithfully reproducing pixel art in HTML5 Canvas.

JavaScript on the XBox 360 04/2012

Surprise: running JavaScript in .NET on the XBox 360 is slow.

9 Years of Sleep 05/2010

Weird sleep cycles produce pretty graphs.

Selected Comments

I still hold out hope for additional significant scalar improvements, but the pessimistic view would be that current C/C++ code is faster than Javascript will ever get. EVER. John Carmack on ‘Letter to John Carmack’
MPEG-1 is actually one of the easiest to parse video formats that have been in common use; everything that came after it is more complex. KeyJ on ‘MPEG1 Video Decoder in JavaScript’
I've actually run into quite a few cases where I use requestAnimationFrame as a one-shot call. Typically this is because I recognize some part of my UI needs to be redrawn. Brandon Jones on ‘What the requestAnimationFrame API Should Have Looked Like’

I Build Games

My Previously Published HTML5 & Mobile Arcade Games

X-Type 2012

Play in Browser App Store

X-Type is a crazy space Shoot'em'Up with endless boss battles. Each time you defeat a boss, the next one will come back even bigger and meaner.

Z-Type 2011

Play in Browser

A Type-to-shoot Space Shoot'em'up. Winner of the Mozilla Game On, Community Choice Award.

Biolab Disaster 2010

Play in Browser App Store Google Play

Fight your way through an infected Biolab in this Jump'n'Run. Use your Plasma Gun to shoot everything that moves! There are 3 levels to explore and 6 types of enemies to fight.

Plan 9 2012

Play in Browser

Build by two friends and me for a common friend's birthday. Explosive arcade action with top-notch sound effects.

Krix' Radical Race 2013

Play in Browser

And endless scrolling hover bike escape race (on Planet Mars).

Drop 2010

Play in Browser App Store

A simple "Inverse Doodle Jump" featuring retro graphics and addictive gameplay.

Yuckfu 2009

Website App Store

Help a cute robot collect crates and avoid crashing into walls. Frantic arcade action with 3D graphics.

I Work on Projects

My Commercial and Open Source Efforts That Keep Me Busy

Impact 2010–

Website

Impact is a JavaScript Game Engine that allows you to develop stunning HTML5 Games for desktop and mobile browsers.

Ejecta 2012–

Project Page Github

Ejecta is an Open Source JavaScript, Canvas & Audio Implementation for iOS. It's like a Browser without the Browser; specially crafted for Games and Animations. It has no DIVs, no Tables, no Forms – only Canvas and Audio elements. This focus makes it fast.

Asaph 2009

Project Page Github

Asaph is a micro-blogging system, focusing on collecting links and images from other pages. It allows you to post content directly from any page you are on. Asaph is not a full blown blog and it does not aim to be one — it just does this one task, but it's pretty good at it.