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Does it ever stop being news when someone writes any game in JS/Canvas? As a serious question, how long until we have to judge these games on the same standards

Does it ever stop being news when someone writes any game in JS/Canvas? As a serious question, how long until we have to judge these games on the same standards for which we would judge the state of the art in Flash or as a native iPhone app? Five years?

JimmyL 16y ago
My guess is that this wasn't notable/upvoted because it was written in JS/Canvas, but rather because it was written in only 10K of JS/Canvas.
- jsdalton 16y ago
  Well, there are 184 other apps (and counting) in that contest that fit that same criterion: http://10k.aneventapart.com/ http://10k.aneventapart.com/
  - shawndumas 16y ago
    yes but this one is very fun...
d0m 16y ago
This TD is awesome, I don`t know what you're talking about. Let's just say that I've played this game instead of SC II for the last hour.
- benologist 16y ago
  If you're a fan of TD games you should check out the Protector series. Then you'll know what he's talking about. http://protectorworld.com/ http://protectorworld.com/
  - WilliamLP 16y ago
    Yes if you haven't played those, or GemCraft I and II, or the original Desktop Tower Defense, I don't see why you'd touch this. (Not to mention Plants vs Zombies if you are willing to pay ten dollars for a fantastic game.)
    - d0m 16y ago
      Actually, I preferred the other version. I've tried Protector IV and didn't really liked it.
seanalltogether 16y ago
What's happening with Canvas/JS right now is exactly what happened with the Flash scene about 7 years ago. Every little interactive thing pushed out to the web community was fawned over simply because it was now doable in the browser. My guess is once IE 9 is finally pushed to the public and HTML5 is considered stable, we'll stop finding this all hype worthy.
kmfrk 16y ago
On the other hand, the usual reply to stories like these is "yeah, but you couldn't make something as complicated as x", so the link bears some merit besides the 10k code.

JimmyL 16y ago

My guess is that this wasn't notable/upvoted because it was written in JS/Canvas, but rather because it was written in only 10K of JS/Canvas.

jsdalton 16y ago
Well, there are 184 other apps (and counting) in that contest that fit that same criterion: http://10k.aneventapart.com/ http://10k.aneventapart.com/
- shawndumas 16y ago
  yes but this one is very fun...

d0m 16y ago

This TD is awesome, I don`t know what you're talking about. Let's just say that I've played this game instead of SC II for the last hour.

benologist 16y ago
If you're a fan of TD games you should check out the Protector series. Then you'll know what he's talking about. http://protectorworld.com/ http://protectorworld.com/
- WilliamLP 16y ago
  Yes if you haven't played those, or GemCraft I and II, or the original Desktop Tower Defense, I don't see why you'd touch this. (Not to mention Plants vs Zombies if you are willing to pay ten dollars for a fantastic game.)
  - d0m 16y ago
    Actually, I preferred the other version. I've tried Protector IV and didn't really liked it.

seanalltogether 16y ago

What's happening with Canvas/JS right now is exactly what happened with the Flash scene about 7 years ago. Every little interactive thing pushed out to the web community was fawned over simply because it was now doable in the browser. My guess is once IE 9 is finally pushed to the public and HTML5 is considered stable, we'll stop finding this all hype worthy.

kmfrk 16y ago

On the other hand, the usual reply to stories like these is "yeah, but you couldn't make something as complicated as x", so the link bears some merit besides the 10k code.