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Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#11

Post by itsmin » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:25 PM UTC

e1ven wrote: post #10

This is really wonderful! The games play quickly on Chrome, how well do they preform on IE? The Mario demo was great, and the Platformer demo really expanded on that to show it supports modern techniques. Just FYI, in Chrome, http://www.effectgames.com/effect/games/crystalgalaxy/ shows alert boxes complainigna bout unloaded resources. I didn't see it mentioned on the site, but what is your revenue model for this? Adv…

First off, thanks for the kind words! You shouldn't be seeing a significant difference in performance on IE (6-8). We'll look into the alert boxes, are you in Chrome on Windows? We currently don't charge for use of the services. And, absolutely looking at dealing with multiplayer in the future.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#12

Post by simplify » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:32 PM UTC

Looks great! absOrb is the only demo that doesn't load for me, os x / safari webkit nightly. Here's the console error:

    TypeError: Result of expression 'this.yH.gk' [null] is not an object.
    engine-0.12b.js:52

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#13

Post by lpolovets » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:34 PM UTC

Looks awesome!

Without necessarily being negative about Flash-based games, I think your homepage should clearly mention that users only need Javascript enabled. Seems like a very strong selling/marketing point for developers.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

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Post by yannis » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:38 PM UTC

It worked very well for me in Chrome v 3.0.195.25. Impressed! Just a short observation, down the line you may wish that your pages are indexed by the search engines, by generating in js they will not.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#15

Post by ericd » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:42 PM UTC

Awesome, I was thinking of doing a custom engine, since JS performance is reaching the point where it can compete with flash, and I have no desire to learn ActionScript. Big kudos for doing this and sharing it with everyone.

Crystal Galaxy performs very well on Mac Chrome, and feels more responsive than any flash game I've encountered (though it sometimes stutters a bit on some of the explosions).

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#16

Post by itsmin » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:50 PM UTC

simplify wrote: post #12

Looks great! absOrb is the only demo that doesn't load for me, os x / safari webkit nightly. Here's the console error: TypeError: Result of expression 'this.yH.gk' [null] is not an object. engine-0.12b.js:52

Thanks for this! Looking into it.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#17

Post by jokergd » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 7:57 PM UTC

great system!

we need to get rid of flash already and replace it with something that does not destroy resources

how about the multiplayer aspects of games? have you any ideas about developing this?

I am very interested in competitive games where we can play versus others in the same js style environment.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#18

Post by leej » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 8:02 PM UTC

congrats. one thing, though, license and usage pricing should be communicated clearly.

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#19

Post by aarongough » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 8:06 PM UTC

Great work! I have been thinking about something similar to this for a while, but it's nice to see that now I probably won't have to go to the trouble!

Demos run very smoothly for me on FF 3.0.15!

Re: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (JS Game Engine)

#20

Post by rufo » Wed, Dec 09, 2009, 8:20 PM UTC

leej wrote: post #18

congrats. one thing, though, license and usage pricing should be communicated clearly.

Indeed. I'm really impressed and intrigued, but I'm a bit wary about doing much of anything serious since I don't know what the terms are, what licensing might be like, etc. Even though it says in the EULA I retain rights of code/assets/etc. I'd really hate to develop something and then have it taken down over payment, or for some other reason.

But from a technical standpoint, it looks very cool - nice work!