So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
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Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#52So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
Then there's examples like Townscraper (https://oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/) which are graphically nice and already playable on the browser. There are also many games on itch.io of varying quality, but IMO Townscraper is the nicest.
The problem of storage is also quite important, it's hard to push a high quality game on the browser when a lot of people won't stick around for the 10GB+ download needed, not like they would if they're downloading from the Xbox store or something like that. So it's a bit of a cultural issue as well on that front.
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#53Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#54I took it a step further and made an iframe-embedded version of Quake deathmatch pop up when you typed the konami code. It was a hit :)
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#55So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
What, in your mind, would be the killer advantage?
Anything besides easy distribution?
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#56So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
I still like that physical discs can be played, maybe just in campaign mode, without network/subscription. Browser based games will go to GaaS subscription or even "Insert $.25 to Continue" very quickly.
Definitely interesting technically-wise, but considering the implications, no thanks.
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#57So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#58Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#59So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
I still like that physical discs can be played, maybe just in campaign mode, without network/subscription. Browser based games will go to GaaS subscription or even "Insert $.25 to Continue" very quickly.
Re: Unreal Tournament 99 running on WASM (2017)
#60So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? Games seems like one of the last areas that is a holdout on desktop. We've seen terminals/IDE, productivity software, and even design software like Figma run in the browser, but not 3D games which is a multi-hundred billion dollar industry in it's own right. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a massive opportunity for both game engi…
> So when are we going to see modern Unity and Unreal games running on the web? What, in your mind, would be the killer advantage? Anything besides easy distribution?