Absolutely! And this book might just help you make that happen. The starting point of Build an HTML5 Game: A Developer’s Guide with CSS and JavaScript is something that completely snuck up on me.

Joel Boucher, a game designer from Sudbury, Ont., dedicated four years of work with an indie studio called Metamorphosis Games to release their first game – Gestalt: Steam and Cinder.

It is similar to an old Galaga style game with the following features. The objective is to learn using JavaScript programming through making Space Shooter Game.