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> I could try HTML5, but that precludes releasing high-performance desktop-ready games for Steam. We develop Construct 2 (https://www.scirra.com https://www.sc

> I could try HTML5, but that precludes releasing high-performance desktop-ready games for Steam. We develop Construct 2 (https://www.scirra.com https://www.scirra.com) which is an HTML5 game engine. It can export to EXE via Node Webkit with very good performance, as well as the ability to export a multitude of mobile platforms as well. One game we're excited to see released in the near future made in Construct 2 is "Penelope": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaynOYy2O54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaynOYy2O54 The author is developing this game in Construct 2 for PC/Mac/Linux. Some of our users have also submitted their games to Greenlight, here's a couple: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=184459148 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=184459... http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92994975&searchtext= http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=929949... These are all HTML5 games!

tomphoolery 13y ago
Thank you. I was going to come in here and say "Look I don't know if there are any HTML5 games on Steam, but how hard could it really be to package your game up in a fork of Chromium or WebKit?"
TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
Another example is ImpactJS, which allows you to write high-performance mobile-ready games! http://impactjs.com/ http://impactjs.com/
- lifeisstillgood 13y ago
  What if I was looking for powerful ways to develop JS apps rather than games?
- phoboslab 13y ago
  It always makes me happy to see my game engine mentioned here. Thank you! :) Just to chime in, I believe that HTML5 currently is as "cross-platform" as it can get, especially for games. Two examples made with Impact: - Olympia Rising[1] - this game recently had a successful kickstarter campaign and will be released for various desktop platforms and maybe more later. - XType Plus[2] - my own game coming to the Nintendo Wii U, using the Nintendo Web Framework. It's a pimped up version of this XType[3], which you can play in your browser right now. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleozoic/olympia-rising https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleozoic/olympia-risin... [2] http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/developer_interview_phoboslab_on_xtype_plus_impact_and_why_the_nintendo_web_framework_matters http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/developer_interview... [3] http://phoboslab.org/xtype/ http://phoboslab.org/xtype/
  - woj 13y ago
    Thanks for impactjs! I used it to develop this couple years ago: http://heartlight5.com http://heartlight5.com Have fun!
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  - TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
    Actually, there's something I'd like to ask you re: that. Is there any chance of Ejecta being ported to other mobile platforms, Android in particular?
    - phoboslab 13y ago
      (Edit: for those unfamiliar with Ejecta: http://impactjs.com/Ejecta http://impactjs.com/Ejecta ) I do have a toy project that aims to be a cross-platform Ejecta eventually. It's written in C and divided in an OpenGL Canvas drawing library (so you essentially get the HTML5 Canvas API in native code) and a host application that provides the JavaScript binding. Currently, there's only a host application for iOS. I don't know much about Android and have yet to figure out how to best couple the C lib with the Java code... or if I even need Java code to begin with. I wanted to have a working Android host app first, before putting it on github and then building up the feature set on both platforms to where Ejecta is now. I also thought about doing a kickstarter for this, but I'm not sure what exactly I could "sell", because the I want to have it open source anyway. If anybody wants to sponsor the development, get in touch :) tl;dr: yes.
      - AshleysBrain 13y ago
        I wouldn't bother - Crosswalk does the job great for Android: https://crosswalk-project.org/ https://crosswalk-project.org/ It's based on Chrome for Android so you have a fully-featured browser engine available. iOS is the only platform where there isn't a good GPU-accelerated browser engine available that can run native apps, hence the use case. (P.S. we hope to support Ejecta in Construct 2 officially soon!)
k__ 13y ago
I like the ideas of C2, but I don't like developing on Windows and it seems like they won't release the tools for Linux soon.
Yorrrick 13y ago
Also worth mentioning the announcements of numerous other game engines, including Unity and Unreal, supporting HTML5: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/18/gdc-2014-mozilla-and-partners-prove-the-web-is-the-platform-for-gaming/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/18/gdc-2014-mozilla-an...

tomphoolery 13y ago

Thank you. I was going to come in here and say "Look I don't know if there are any HTML5 games on Steam, but how hard could it really be to package your game up in a fork of Chromium or WebKit?"

TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago

Another example is ImpactJS, which allows you to write high-performance mobile-ready games! http://impactjs.com/ http://impactjs.com/

lifeisstillgood 13y ago
What if I was looking for powerful ways to develop JS apps rather than games?
phoboslab 13y ago
It always makes me happy to see my game engine mentioned here. Thank you! :) Just to chime in, I believe that HTML5 currently is as "cross-platform" as it can get, especially for games. Two examples made with Impact: - Olympia Rising[1] - this game recently had a successful kickstarter campaign and will be released for various desktop platforms and maybe more later. - XType Plus[2] - my own game coming to the Nintendo Wii U, using the Nintendo Web Framework. It's a pimped up version of this XType[3], which you can play in your browser right now. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleozoic/olympia-rising https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleozoic/olympia-risin... [2] http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/developer_interview_phoboslab_on_xtype_plus_impact_and_why_the_nintendo_web_framework_matters http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/developer_interview... [3] http://phoboslab.org/xtype/ http://phoboslab.org/xtype/
- woj 13y ago
  Thanks for impactjs! I used it to develop this couple years ago: http://heartlight5.com http://heartlight5.com Have fun!
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- TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
  Actually, there's something I'd like to ask you re: that. Is there any chance of Ejecta being ported to other mobile platforms, Android in particular?
  - phoboslab 13y ago
    (Edit: for those unfamiliar with Ejecta: http://impactjs.com/Ejecta http://impactjs.com/Ejecta ) I do have a toy project that aims to be a cross-platform Ejecta eventually. It's written in C and divided in an OpenGL Canvas drawing library (so you essentially get the HTML5 Canvas API in native code) and a host application that provides the JavaScript binding. Currently, there's only a host application for iOS. I don't know much about Android and have yet to figure out how to best couple the C lib with the Java code... or if I even need Java code to begin with. I wanted to have a working Android host app first, before putting it on github and then building up the feature set on both platforms to where Ejecta is now. I also thought about doing a kickstarter for this, but I'm not sure what exactly I could "sell", because the I want to have it open source anyway. If anybody wants to sponsor the development, get in touch :) tl;dr: yes.
    - AshleysBrain 13y ago
      I wouldn't bother - Crosswalk does the job great for Android: https://crosswalk-project.org/ https://crosswalk-project.org/ It's based on Chrome for Android so you have a fully-featured browser engine available. iOS is the only platform where there isn't a good GPU-accelerated browser engine available that can run native apps, hence the use case. (P.S. we hope to support Ejecta in Construct 2 officially soon!)

k__ 13y ago

I like the ideas of C2, but I don't like developing on Windows and it seems like they won't release the tools for Linux soon.

Yorrrick 13y ago

Also worth mentioning the announcements of numerous other game engines, including Unity and Unreal, supporting HTML5: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/18/gdc-2014-mozilla-and-partners-prove-the-web-is-the-platform-for-gaming/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/03/18/gdc-2014-mozilla-an...