I just finished my first year in College where we each made a simple platformer game as our final project using Java.

I aspire to make a browser game that I have planned out well, but I don't know any other languages (except for HTML and CSS basics).

At the moment I have no idea how to transfer my current knowledge to a browser based game but I'm sure I'll find plenty of tutorials, but what I first would like to know is this even possible. What other languages do I need to know, or should I drop Java and try to learn another language for the process? And most importantly, what kind of topics should I research first.

Thank you.

As Khatharr said, HTML5's canvas system, and JS are the way to got for front end, however if you are looking to make it multiplayer you could use your Java knowledge there for the server. I am a lead dev on WarIn.Space, and this is the system that we used for this. Bare bones, only basic libraries. if you would like any help with it let me know.

As Khatharr said, HTML5's canvas system, and JS are the way to got for front end, however if you are looking to make it multiplayer you could use your Java knowledge there for the server. I am a lead dev on WarIn.Space, and this is the system that we used for this. Bare bones, only basic libraries. if you would like any help with it let me know.

You really are a white knight

Thanks for the replies guys.

EDIT: God the GWT site sucks at explaining what it is, its a toolchain in which you can code in Java (under some restrictions), then compile that to JS/HTML/etc to deploy a web application.

Are you saying that this is an okay way to go about this, converting a Java game into different languages using GWT, or should I just suck it up and learn JS + HTML?