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I can't believe it's actually happening - I was resigned to the fact it was dead. I once (4 years ago, sheesh) made a "Pure-JS, no-build-step-required Minecraf

I can't believe it's actually happening - I was resigned to the fact it was dead. I once (4 years ago, sheesh) made a "Pure-JS, no-build-step-required Minecraft Thing": https://github.com/mrspeaker/webgl2-voxels https://github.com/mrspeaker/webgl2-voxels When I made it I needed to specify it "Requires ES6 modules and WebGL2 support." At the time I was sure WebGL2 was going to be widely available soon and that ES6 modules would probably never be supported!

myers 5y ago
Looks great!
danuker 5y ago
Wow! A simple 3D game in 425KB. For me, google.com is 1.47MB. It makes you wonder what they put inside.
- miohtama 5y ago
  This is not the world we wished for, but this is the world we deserve.
  - encryptluks2 5y ago
    Nah, we don't deserve it. We just don't have a choice at this point until someone is capable of creating an alternative to JavaScript.
    - CamperBob2 5y ago
      Nah, we don't deserve it. We just don't have a choice at this point until someone is capable of creating an alternative to JavaScript. Didn't you mean "an alternative to Google?" Don't blame the tool for the (lack of) craftsmanship.
      - encryptluks2 5y ago
        It has nothing to do with Google and everything to do with JavaScript.
    - hmmokidk 5y ago
      The issue isn’t JS. Sites are bloated because cheap/lazy/dont care. Also because ads are bloating and payload size isnmt really thought about much.
      - encryptluks2 5y ago
        The issue is JavaScript unless you're talking about people that use BMP image format instead of JPG/SVG.
    - lewisjoe 5y ago
      You are asking for an alternative for browsers and 30 years of evolution. Be careful what you wish for :)
- grishka 5y ago
  Way too many abstractions.
- mrspeaker 5y ago
  You got me wondering what was going on - 425Kb seemed pretty high. I imagined there would only be around 50K of non-compressed source code. Turns out the 200Kb+ culprit is the texture atlas I nabbed off the internet: https://github.com/mrspeaker/webgl2-voxels/blob/master/res/mine.png https://github.com/mrspeaker/webgl2-voxels/blob/master/res/m... - I'm only using a handful of cells out of that, I should chop it!
egeozcan 5y ago
You know what would be fun? Trying to program a bot to clear all the titles using the same interface as humans (WASD + Mouse + Vision). That could even be a competition.
Narishma 5y ago
That looks pretty simple. Is there anything you're doing that wouldn't be possible in WebGL 1?
- mrspeaker 5y ago
  Nothing at all - rewriting it for WebGL1 would be trivial (if you rely on OES_vertex_array_object being present). But really it was just me learning, and I naively assumed WebGL2.0 would be ready "any day now". The only non-supporting browser was Safari. That was 4+ years ago!
e12e 5y ago
Thank you for sharing. Appears you did not pick a license - I'd recommend just releasing under MIT unless you have any particular preferences (it's a well-understood "do what you want" license that I believe is suitable for educational content).
HNSucksAss 5y ago

myers 5y ago

Looks great!

danuker 5y ago

Wow! A simple 3D game in 425KB. For me, google.com is 1.47MB. It makes you wonder what they put inside.

miohtama 5y ago
This is not the world we wished for, but this is the world we deserve.
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  Nah, we don't deserve it. We just don't have a choice at this point until someone is capable of creating an alternative to JavaScript.
  - CamperBob2 5y ago
    Nah, we don't deserve it. We just don't have a choice at this point until someone is capable of creating an alternative to JavaScript. Didn't you mean "an alternative to Google?" Don't blame the tool for the (lack of) craftsmanship.
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      It has nothing to do with Google and everything to do with JavaScript.
  - hmmokidk 5y ago
    The issue isn’t JS. Sites are bloated because cheap/lazy/dont care. Also because ads are bloating and payload size isnmt really thought about much.
    - encryptluks2 5y ago
      The issue is JavaScript unless you're talking about people that use BMP image format instead of JPG/SVG.
  - lewisjoe 5y ago
    You are asking for an alternative for browsers and 30 years of evolution. Be careful what you wish for :)
grishka 5y ago
Way too many abstractions.
mrspeaker 5y ago
You got me wondering what was going on - 425Kb seemed pretty high. I imagined there would only be around 50K of non-compressed source code. Turns out the 200Kb+ culprit is the texture atlas I nabbed off the internet: https://github.com/mrspeaker/webgl2-voxels/blob/master/res/mine.png https://github.com/mrspeaker/webgl2-voxels/blob/master/res/m... - I'm only using a handful of cells out of that, I should chop it!

egeozcan 5y ago

You know what would be fun? Trying to program a bot to clear all the titles using the same interface as humans (WASD + Mouse + Vision). That could even be a competition.

Narishma 5y ago

That looks pretty simple. Is there anything you're doing that wouldn't be possible in WebGL 1?

mrspeaker 5y ago
Nothing at all - rewriting it for WebGL1 would be trivial (if you rely on OES_vertex_array_object being present). But really it was just me learning, and I naively assumed WebGL2.0 would be ready "any day now". The only non-supporting browser was Safari. That was 4+ years ago!

e12e 5y ago

Thank you for sharing. Appears you did not pick a license - I'd recommend just releasing under MIT unless you have any particular preferences (it's a well-understood "do what you want" license that I believe is suitable for educational content).

HNSucksAss 5y ago