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The dawn of a new era: Bastion now available on Chrome for free

30 points by primesuspect 15y ago

cheald 15y ago
Doesn't seem to work on my Fedora laptop, despite having an OpenGL gaming video card in it. Sad. :(
est 15y ago
Enlighten me, what the point of "Install App" while you can directly access http://chrome.supergiantgames.com/ http://chrome.supergiantgames.com/ ? Does "install" allows some local storage access or stuff?
- resnamen 15y ago
  I think that's more or less superfluous, probably a way to keep the Web relevant in an age when people are increasingly expecting functionality under "app" tiles. Also good for CrOS I imagine.
- modeless 15y ago
  Native Client isn't enabled by default yet; installing the app grants permission to use it.
zobzu 15y ago
Oh you mean something only ONE browser supports (and "ever" will), is non-standard, and attempts (and will probably succeed) to split the web by providing free games (don't worry, there's still in game payments)? Great days ahead! (yeah that's a variation of the comment of the same other post)
- resnamen 15y ago
  What? This is just another cross-compiled target, and the porting times I've seen have been really impressive. It's not taking away from anything; it's giving a new platform to existing native applications with barely any code changes. This strikes a nice compromise between demanding native applications, and safe sandboxed but technologically limited Flash applications. The impact of NaCL isn't limited to browsers, either. Imagine if you could finally shed that gross feeling that you get when you run binaries on your PC.
  - harph 15y ago
    What "gross feeling" are you talking about? But yes, browsers will benefit from this - providing that the technology will be implemented by all of them, not only Chrome.
    - resnamen 15y ago
      The feeling that you might be running a bit of malware that is newer than your virus definitions.
ktsmith 15y ago
I'm not entirely sure how free the game is as I've only played it for a few minutes. I did however notice that if you bring up the menu there's an option to unlock the full game. That takes you to granting the app permission to have your email address and then redirects (if you accept) to google wallet and wanting to charge you $15. I didn't at any point in time see what the difference between what I already have access to and "the full game" are.
- rsoto 15y ago
  Well, it's a demo, you'll be only allowed to advance to a few levels. That's the difference.
  - ktsmith 15y ago
    Yeah, going back to the chrome web store I see that on the details page it mentions that you can play now for free and then upgrade for $15. The linked page doesn't mention that at all and it's not on the main description for the app either.
foobarbazetc 15y ago
Is this working on OS X for anyone? None of the hardware acceleration stuff seems to work on Chrome with a 5870. No idea how to enable it. :(
- trotsky 15y ago
  try chrome://gpu-internals/ to get a report
- wmf 15y ago
  Yes, it works fore me on OS X. I have the Windows version as well and the NaCl version looks and feels identical.
cyanbane 15y ago
One of the most original and best games of 2011. That being said I feel like the colors are much more vibrant on the 360 (have tried both using same monitor). Soundtrack is worth a listen too - although song names might be spoilerish.
trotsky 15y ago
It's a paid game (with a free demo) https://twitter.com/#!/SupergiantGames/status/145008077563899905 https://twitter.com/#!/SupergiantGames/status/14500807756389...
resnamen 15y ago
Works flawlessly on Ubuntu 11.10 w/NVIDIA.
sparkygoblue 15y ago
It appears to not quite be ready for prime time. It has crashed several times on both my PC and Mac laptop.
crowhack 15y ago
Not really. OnLive is the future for gaming not games in a browser.... Edit: Hmm a question, does the game use your hardware? Or is it rendered elsewhere?
- avolcano 15y ago
  Rendered on your hardware. A thought: with NaCl, OnLive could run in the browser. Just saying.
ootachi 15y ago
Looks like the app is just a bookmark for a site that does user-agent sniffing and locks everyone who isn't using Chrome out. Is everyone okay with this now? I'm a little concerned for the Web if this is the way things are heading.
- avolcano 15y ago
  It uses Native Client. It can't run in any other browser.
  - ootachi 15y ago
    NaCl was originally built on the standard NPAPI. Remember, it worked in Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. Google moved it to the proprietary Pepper API, making it Chrome-only.
    - wmf 15y ago
      Wasn't NPAPI basically a Netscape API that was cloned by other browsers and thus made into a de facto "standard"? Why isn't Google allowed to do the same thing?
      - ootachi 15y ago
        That was 1996. There was no de facto plugin API. You can't really consider 1996, when there was one browser, the same as today, where there are five. Besides, I didn't say Netscape was right.
ones 15y ago
Google NaCL to the rescue :) Now I can boot any Chrome supported OS (linux!) to play this great game!
primesuspect 15y ago
Clarification; it's free to try. They don't indicate it until you start playing it.
mcteapot 15y ago
wonder if it is made with javascript...
deleted 15y ago
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extension 15y ago
I'm finding the motion really jerky, and the mouse cursor lags behind my movement by a good half a second, which is incredibly irritating. If we're going to have good games in the browser, they will need whatever low-level API access it takes to get this stuff right. Does anybody understand the technology stack this thing is using? If it's native code calling OpenGL, is it actually using the browser for anything?

30 points by primesuspect 15y ago

Doesn't seem to work on my Fedora laptop, despite having an OpenGL gaming video card in it. Sad. :(

est 15y ago

Enlighten me, what the point of "Install App" while you can directly access http://chrome.supergiantgames.com/ http://chrome.supergiantgames.com/ ? Does "install" allows some local storage access or stuff?

resnamen 15y ago
I think that's more or less superfluous, probably a way to keep the Web relevant in an age when people are increasingly expecting functionality under "app" tiles. Also good for CrOS I imagine.
modeless 15y ago
Native Client isn't enabled by default yet; installing the app grants permission to use it.

zobzu 15y ago

Oh you mean something only ONE browser supports (and "ever" will), is non-standard, and attempts (and will probably succeed) to split the web by providing free games (don't worry, there's still in game payments)? Great days ahead! (yeah that's a variation of the comment of the same other post)

resnamen 15y ago
What? This is just another cross-compiled target, and the porting times I've seen have been really impressive. It's not taking away from anything; it's giving a new platform to existing native applications with barely any code changes. This strikes a nice compromise between demanding native applications, and safe sandboxed but technologically limited Flash applications. The impact of NaCL isn't limited to browsers, either. Imagine if you could finally shed that gross feeling that you get when you run binaries on your PC.
- harph 15y ago
  What "gross feeling" are you talking about? But yes, browsers will benefit from this - providing that the technology will be implemented by all of them, not only Chrome.
  - resnamen 15y ago
    The feeling that you might be running a bit of malware that is newer than your virus definitions.

ktsmith 15y ago

I'm not entirely sure how free the game is as I've only played it for a few minutes. I did however notice that if you bring up the menu there's an option to unlock the full game. That takes you to granting the app permission to have your email address and then redirects (if you accept) to google wallet and wanting to charge you $15. I didn't at any point in time see what the difference between what I already have access to and "the full game" are.

rsoto 15y ago
Well, it's a demo, you'll be only allowed to advance to a few levels. That's the difference.
- ktsmith 15y ago
  Yeah, going back to the chrome web store I see that on the details page it mentions that you can play now for free and then upgrade for $15. The linked page doesn't mention that at all and it's not on the main description for the app either.

foobarbazetc 15y ago

Is this working on OS X for anyone? None of the hardware acceleration stuff seems to work on Chrome with a 5870. No idea how to enable it. :(

trotsky 15y ago
try chrome://gpu-internals/ to get a report
wmf 15y ago
Yes, it works fore me on OS X. I have the Windows version as well and the NaCl version looks and feels identical.

cyanbane 15y ago

One of the most original and best games of 2011. That being said I feel like the colors are much more vibrant on the 360 (have tried both using same monitor). Soundtrack is worth a listen too - although song names might be spoilerish.

trotsky 15y ago

It's a paid game (with a free demo) https://twitter.com/#!/SupergiantGames/status/145008077563899905 https://twitter.com/#!/SupergiantGames/status/14500807756389...

resnamen 15y ago

Works flawlessly on Ubuntu 11.10 w/NVIDIA.

sparkygoblue 15y ago

It appears to not quite be ready for prime time. It has crashed several times on both my PC and Mac laptop.

crowhack 15y ago

Not really. OnLive is the future for gaming not games in a browser.... Edit: Hmm a question, does the game use your hardware? Or is it rendered elsewhere?

avolcano 15y ago
Rendered on your hardware. A thought: with NaCl, OnLive could run in the browser. Just saying.

ootachi 15y ago

Looks like the app is just a bookmark for a site that does user-agent sniffing and locks everyone who isn't using Chrome out. Is everyone okay with this now? I'm a little concerned for the Web if this is the way things are heading.

avolcano 15y ago
It uses Native Client. It can't run in any other browser.
- ootachi 15y ago
  NaCl was originally built on the standard NPAPI. Remember, it worked in Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc. Google moved it to the proprietary Pepper API, making it Chrome-only.
  - wmf 15y ago
    Wasn't NPAPI basically a Netscape API that was cloned by other browsers and thus made into a de facto "standard"? Why isn't Google allowed to do the same thing?
    - ootachi 15y ago
      That was 1996. There was no de facto plugin API. You can't really consider 1996, when there was one browser, the same as today, where there are five. Besides, I didn't say Netscape was right.

ones 15y ago

Google NaCL to the rescue :) Now I can boot any Chrome supported OS (linux!) to play this great game!

primesuspect 15y ago

Clarification; it's free to try. They don't indicate it until you start playing it.

mcteapot 15y ago

wonder if it is made with javascript...

deleted 15y ago

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extension 15y ago

I'm finding the motion really jerky, and the mouse cursor lags behind my movement by a good half a second, which is incredibly irritating. If we're going to have good games in the browser, they will need whatever low-level API access it takes to get this stuff right. Does anybody understand the technology stack this thing is using? If it's native code calling OpenGL, is it actually using the browser for anything?