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I don't know if this is HN effect or what but I just dont't get to the game. All I see after log in is some terrain and, a few moments later "Destroyed by " someone. No units movement, nothing.
Is it just me or is this becoming a more popular Internet game format. The reason I ask is because Slither.io uses this same idea.
Really fun! I was super excited to see that it also supports controllers but for some reason there is at least a one second delay between button presses on my xbox controller and the game :(
Are you using Chrome? Gamepad API is a bit buggy on 62.x
I'm amazed by how well this works on mobile. I literally played this game for about half an hour on my phone in the HN app web view because it's just so much fun. I'm used to normal web pages that don't even really work on mobile and this game just worked seamlessly without any problems whatsoever. Great Job!
Meanwhile, I tried 3 different browsers and can't get past the "enter your name" screen on mobile. Apparently native inputs are too dated to use.
Does this remind anyone else of the old Subspace/Continuum game?
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Meanwhile, I tried 3 different browsers and can't get past the "enter your name" screen on mobile. Apparently native inputs are too dated to use.
Admittedly mobile was a bit of an afterthought and I only tested it on 4 devices. What device are you using?
Probably not worth supporting. :) Adding new features and figuring out ways to keep people playing might be much more worth your time.
btw it performs better on Firefox 57 than chrome, I had some lags on chrome then switched to Firefox and it worked without a single lag
I opened this game in an incognito tab. And started dev tools. The entire game is only 2.8 MB. It loads fast. Such graphics, much small. A lesson for modern web developers about website obesity and performance.
When companies clutter first experience with legal disclaimers, signup offers, and every other thing, I wonder if they are always carefully balancing the competing interests of business and product design as a big picture weighing everything together.
To the extent they do that’s great, but it seems sometimes its a lawyer trying to do and think only of their job, a marketing person only thinking of their job, sales only thinking about revenue, rather than globally optimized decision.