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Anatomy of a video game - Game development | MDN 1/6 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Games/Anatomy reference web, html, css, javascript, documentation 2026-05-05T05:20:51.278426+00:00 kb-cron

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Anatomy of a video game

This article looks at the anatomy and workflow of the average video game from a technical point of view, in terms of how the main loop should run. It helps beginners to modern game development understand what is required when building a game and how web standards like JavaScript lend themselves as tools. Experienced game programmers who are new to web development could also benefit, too.

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