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It's still a long way to compete with Flash in the area of games but it's nice to see this effort. When I talked to Flash developers, their main concerns were
by brico 15y ago
It's still a long way to compete with Flash in the area of games but it's nice to see this effort.
When I talked to Flash developers, their main concerns were having to worry about different browsers and their belief that everything became "open source" automatically because you can just view the source. They don't want to spend weeks on a project that sets them apart from other competitors only to be copied by the next guy within a day.
- naeem 15y agoShouldn't the beauty of games be the gameplay and the art, not the technology? Isn't it a good thing that the technology behind a game is no longer the primary selling point?
- giulianob 15y agoIt'll be nice when the tech doesn't matter but if someone can't play your game because they prefer a different browser then that kind of sucks.
- nextparadigms 15y agoIf you're referring to IE, well IE will give up Flash support anyway.
- SquareWheel 15y agoIf you're referring to Windows 8, Flash will still work in desktop mode. Plugins will only be disabled in Metro mode. And yes, I think this separation is ridiculous.
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- icefox 15y agoThe technology behind a game is nearly always the primary selling point. There are too many games so users need some way to differentiate them. Seeing that game X uses tech Y means that people will talk about it and play it just to see tech Y. Even if it isn't very good people _will_ talk about which means it gets sales.
- groovecoder 15y agoThat's an interesting argument against HTML5 apps. If I really want to copy your Flash app, I'll just start at https://www.google.com/search?q=flash+decompilers https://www.google.com/search?q=flash+decompilers
- tibbon 15y agoI dunno, this is better (and more fun) than any Flash based browser MMO I've played. Also didn't bug me about buying coins in their store or some Zynga-like upsell.