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Why would WebAssembly be used in a game engine? I'm not sure it's really up-and-coming for a high-performance area on a game engine that's already cross-platfo

by mises 8y ago

Why would WebAssembly be used in a game engine? I'm not sure it's really up-and-coming for a high-performance area on a game engine that's already cross-platform.

codesushi42 8y ago
Why not? Unity already supports WebAssembly. And WASM executes nearly as fast as machine code.
Mikeb85 8y ago
Because you can distribute games without requiring an install. Opening a webpage is still far more convenient than the easiest installation processes.
pjmlp 8y ago
Because WebAssembly + WebGL is the new Flash.
- mises 8y ago
  I absolutely understand the appeal there. Do you mean support to export to WebAssembly? Or do you mean only do that and use a native runtime?
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Both.
krapp 8y ago
Now that native runtimes for WASM are starting to arrive, a game engine that used WebAssembly for both native and in-browser exports and supported compiling to WebAssembly through its scripting engine and editor might really be interesting.