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Reads pretty much like an advertisement. Nothing that interesting; 2D game engine Construct moved to WebGPU, and reaps some obvious performance benefits. Great
by vardump 3y ago
Reads pretty much like an advertisement.
Nothing that interesting; 2D game engine Construct moved to WebGPU, and reaps some obvious performance benefits. Great.
- waselighis 3y agoIt's an announcement for a major update with relevant benchmarks and some basic technical details. What more do you want? You might find this older post more interesting, more technical. Just keep in mind this blog post is 3 years old: https://www.construct.net/en/blogs/ashleys-blog-2/webgl-webgpu-construct-1519 https://www.construct.net/en/blogs/ashleys-blog-2/webgl-webg...
- vardump 3y ago2D blitting is just not that exciting, no matter how it's done. It's trivial.
- ac50hz 3y agoThe large, distracting menus are quite exciting.
- carbotaniuman 3y agoIt seemed exciting to me! Maybe gatekeeping technical knowledge is not something we want to do...
- esrauch 3y agoI think 2d blitting is plenty exciting and this article looks like a great fit for content on hackernews.
- pavlov 3y agoObvious only if you already know what WebGPU is and how it compares to WebGL.
- Incipient 3y agoAt least for me, it's an awareness thing. "oh cool webgpu is slowly starting to appear in production environments. Positive steps towards the technology getting broad adoption". I don't really even take note of the company in this instance.