Beginning HTML5 Game Development – Adding Sound

Goals:

• Learn to load sound files with the <audio> tag.
• Learn to fire off a sound as a sound effect.
• Learn to set up a bgm variable and update it.

What game is complete without adding sound? It’s not a difficult task thanks to the <audio> tag. Currently the supported formats are wav, mp3, and ogg all with varying support from different browsers. Wav seems to be the most supported so we’ll use it. View more