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js/html games are a pain to develop. I can develop a game much faster with , flash yes , flash and i'm going to stick with that. Assets are handled , sounds ar

by camus 14y ago

js/html games are a pain to develop. I can develop a game much faster with , flash yes , flash and i'm going to stick with that. Assets are handled , sounds are handled and i dont need to test it on 4+ browsers to see if it works. I get a dynamic strong typed langage, a drawing soft and an animation soft , which is all i need to develop complex games. - Do i care about mobile ? i can release my game as an native iOs app or air packaged app for android, i get exposure through app stores and can use native device capabilites to enhance user experience. So yep , it's proprietary , but i chose ease of dev , deployement and fast dev cycles over theorical open-ness and awesomeness.

chrisringrose 14y ago
Agreed. The difficulty creating HTML5 apps is the reason they'll never be popular. (Unless this issue is addressed.)
scott_w 14y ago
It's a matter of tooling. Flash is a mature technology for game development, whereas JavaScript is quite new in that area. However, I firmly believe that things are improving. Adobe are buying companies that build HTML5 and JavaScript tools. Web browser compatibility is an issue; however it remains a development issue. Building separate applications for each platform brings in other issues, such as app store rules and visibility. Granted, this is a trade-off.
- camus 14y ago
  > Adobe are buying companies that build HTML5 and JavaScript tools. which ones? you're talking about appstore rules but phonegap purpose is for a js app to be deployed like a native app,out of the browser. > visibility : an app on the app store is more visible than any app on a web site on mobile. I have no exemple of any profitable html5 game , on the other hand there are plenty ( machinarium )exemples sucessfull of unity or flash games. Things may be different in 5/10 years , but i code for now and with stable technologies.

by camus 14y ago

chrisringrose 14y ago

Agreed. The difficulty creating HTML5 apps is the reason they'll never be popular. (Unless this issue is addressed.)

scott_w 14y ago

It's a matter of tooling. Flash is a mature technology for game development, whereas JavaScript is quite new in that area. However, I firmly believe that things are improving. Adobe are buying companies that build HTML5 and JavaScript tools. Web browser compatibility is an issue; however it remains a development issue. Building separate applications for each platform brings in other issues, such as app store rules and visibility. Granted, this is a trade-off.

camus 14y ago
> Adobe are buying companies that build HTML5 and JavaScript tools. which ones? you're talking about appstore rules but phonegap purpose is for a js app to be deployed like a native app,out of the browser. > visibility : an app on the app store is more visible than any app on a web site on mobile. I have no exemple of any profitable html5 game , on the other hand there are plenty ( machinarium )exemples sucessfull of unity or flash games. Things may be different in 5/10 years , but i code for now and with stable technologies.