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Too bad this is flash based. An html5 version would have been more interesting to me.

by mckoss 15y ago

melling 15y ago
Maybe some ambitious person could do an HTML5 or Android version and put it on github?
nphase 15y ago
Let us know when you've built it!
doomlaser 15y ago
Why? HTML5 isn't a very good platform for building games.
- andrewl-hn 15y ago
  Why do you say so? Aside from sound (HTML5 audio is a poor fit for in-game sounds) what is not good about it? Especially with canvas getting hardware accelerated in IE9, Firefox and Chrome and WebGL getting ground in more browsers (Chrome, Firefox and now Opera Alpha). EDIT: to be clear, it's genuine question, I'm really interested in high-performant graphics in HTML5.
  - doomlaser 15y ago
    Audio support is a giant, basic problem. Games have sound. Beyond that, all the code is in Javascript and out in the open, and the performance of Canvas isn't any better than Flash's software renderer. You mention that hardware accelerated Canvas is going to arrive eventually in certain browsers, but hardware accelerated Flash has already shipped (as of last week). As well, Epic announced that Unreal Engine has been ported to the platform.
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  - mattmanser 15y ago
    Aside from doomlaser's answer, have you seriously seen a single demo in HTML5? As I've not seen one yet that doesn't stutter or crash. Even in Chrome with v8. HTML5 is like 5 years behind Flash in terms of performance. Also writing in HTML5 at the moment is like being given the total basics. Canvas, as an API, sucks. It'll get better, more libraries will come out, but god-damn it feels like moving backwards to take a step forwards.
    - jeremymcanally 15y ago
      You mean like this? http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ http://chrome.angrybirds.com/
    - bazookaBen 15y ago
      Coming from a HTML5 community, I can say that our games have evolved pretty quicky (audio + visual). We're getting closer to Flash in terms of performance, tools and support.

Too bad this is flash based. An html5 version would have been more interesting to me.

by mckoss 15y ago

Too bad this is flash based. An html5 version would have been more interesting to me.

melling 15y ago

Maybe some ambitious person could do an HTML5 or Android version and put it on github?

nphase 15y ago

Let us know when you've built it!

doomlaser 15y ago

Why? HTML5 isn't a very good platform for building games.

andrewl-hn 15y ago
Why do you say so? Aside from sound (HTML5 audio is a poor fit for in-game sounds) what is not good about it? Especially with canvas getting hardware accelerated in IE9, Firefox and Chrome and WebGL getting ground in more browsers (Chrome, Firefox and now Opera Alpha). EDIT: to be clear, it's genuine question, I'm really interested in high-performant graphics in HTML5.
- doomlaser 15y ago
  Audio support is a giant, basic problem. Games have sound. Beyond that, all the code is in Javascript and out in the open, and the performance of Canvas isn't any better than Flash's software renderer. You mention that hardware accelerated Canvas is going to arrive eventually in certain browsers, but hardware accelerated Flash has already shipped (as of last week). As well, Epic announced that Unreal Engine has been ported to the platform.
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- mattmanser 15y ago
  Aside from doomlaser's answer, have you seriously seen a single demo in HTML5? As I've not seen one yet that doesn't stutter or crash. Even in Chrome with v8. HTML5 is like 5 years behind Flash in terms of performance. Also writing in HTML5 at the moment is like being given the total basics. Canvas, as an API, sucks. It'll get better, more libraries will come out, but god-damn it feels like moving backwards to take a step forwards.
  - jeremymcanally 15y ago
    You mean like this? http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ http://chrome.angrybirds.com/
  - bazookaBen 15y ago
    Coming from a HTML5 community, I can say that our games have evolved pretty quicky (audio + visual). We're getting closer to Flash in terms of performance, tools and support.