## Description
In _BrowserQuest_ players wander a tile-based top-down 2D series of grid maps
depicting a gentle cartoonish fantasy land, with all interaction (upgrading
equipment, conversing with NPCs, changing location and attacking enemies)
handled by simple pointing and clicking. There are achievements to attain
(killing x amount of rats, talking to Y NPCs, etc.) but the game’s content is
rather sparse.
Its presentation, however, is something else: the game is a MMORPG featuring
teeming throngs of other human players running around teaming up on respawning
monsters and poaching each others’ treasures, and the whole thing is handled
through open technology: HTML 5, JavaScript and introducing Web Sockets. This
allows it to be played in most modern web browsers, on computers as well as on
mobile iOS, Android and Firefox Tablet devices. Practicing what they preach,
the game’s source code is available to the public.