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They used to be decentralized. I remember a game making platform called BYOND. The website had a list of games. If you clicked on a button to play one, it poin
by immibis 2y ago
They used to be decentralized. I remember a game making platform called BYOND. The website had a list of games. If you clicked on a button to play one, it pointed to a URL like byond://Author.Game?server=1.2.3.4 and if you had the BYOND software installed, it would open. And this wasn't just what BYOND did - it was just what apps were expected to do in order to integrate with the web. I suppose it went away when the apps could run inside the browser instead of being launched outside it.