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We are in an interesting junction point for browser games: will the future be HTML5 based games or will all browsers start to offer sandbox that will run native
by dirtyaura 16y ago
We are in an interesting junction point for browser games: will the future be HTML5 based games or will all browsers start to offer sandbox that will run native games like Chrome does.
Basically, will current AAA game industry shift to use HTML5 or will browser makers be eager enough to get AAA titles to their platform that they will offer native clients in browsers.
- Raphael_Amiard 16y agoI think we will see flash games continue to spread, because it's a very good platform for games. I think we will see a lot more of HTML5 games. Time is needed so JavaScript engines still enhance a bit, as well as browser's rendering engines. Everything else will be palliated by libraries providing a good game development environment for games in JavaScript. For the moment flash has an enormous edge, but i don't see anything preventing canvas+JavaScript to become a very good platform for gaming in the next 3 or 4 years. Whether it will be used or not is another question. On the other hand i don't see Native Client having a big success. I could very well be wrong about that, and it's really just a feeling, since with proper ecosystem and integration, it could become a lot better than flash for web game development.
- xiaoma 16y agoFortunately for those of us coding in flash (i.e. ActionScript 3), a move to JavaScript would be pretty painless.
- amalcon 16y agoI'm pretty sure the current AAA game industry isn't going to move into the browser. Not everything needs to happen inside the browser. If the browser really does take over the whole computer, like many are predicting, the game industry will probably abandon the general-purpose computer entirely and stick to the (more profitable) consoles.