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Townscaper Running in the Browser

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Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

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Post by jcun4128 »

aroman wrote: post #16

It takes about 90 seconds to load for me, but once it does, it's buttery smooth on my M1 Pro. Unity's web story is still so bad for many reasons, but the initial load times are a huge one (~15MB of wasm for an empty scene last I checked). They were working on Project Tiny[0] to address exactly this, but they've now paused work on it indefinitely :( Someone please build tools to fix this! [0] https://unity.com/solutio…

It's interesting I have a mid computer (3060/i9/80gb ram/ssd) and with gigabit fiber, it still takes a long time. What is taking a while? Maybe it's request load.

Once it loads though wow, the graphics are great, nice little physics effects. Wonder how many online games are like this. Light source/shadow also cool.

On subsequent loads it's fast like it's near 80-90% already.

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

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Post by adamrezich »

m12k wrote: post #10
_Microft wrote: post #2

There is also another game/toy by Oskar Stålberg in which you can build a teeny, tiny block of house(s) on a 5x5 grid. Very cute, especially with all the well decorated balconies. https://oskarstalberg.com/game/house/index.html The author is on Twitter and sometimes tweets about development of his games and the techniques involved. https://twitter.com/OskSta

The house toy has a cute little easter egg: If you remove all the foundation pieces of the structure, the remaining structure above starts bobbing up and down slowly, hovering - very subtle way to acknowledge "yep, I did in fact think about that case too".

in Townscaper, doing the same can cause propellers to appear beneath your structures

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

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Post by tpmx »

jcun4128 wrote: post #21
aroman wrote: post #16

It takes about 90 seconds to load for me, but once it does, it's buttery smooth on my M1 Pro. Unity's web story is still so bad for many reasons, but the initial load times are a huge one (~15MB of wasm for an empty scene last I checked). They were working on Project Tiny[0] to address exactly this, but they've now paused work on it indefinitely :( Someone please build tools to fix this! [0] https://unity.com/solutio…

It's interesting I have a mid computer (3060/i9/80gb ram/ssd) and with gigabit fiber, it still takes a long time. What is taking a while? Maybe it's request load. Once it loads though wow, the graphics are great, nice little physics effects. Wonder how many online games are like this. Light source/shadow also cool. On subsequent loads it's fast like it's near 80-90% already.

It took 6 seconds for me (pretty similar computer and connection speed). I am however just 6 ms RTT away from its hosting location in Copenhagen, DK. (I'm in southern Sweden.)

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

#26

Post by kingcharles »

aroman wrote: post #16

It takes about 90 seconds to load for me, but once it does, it's buttery smooth on my M1 Pro. Unity's web story is still so bad for many reasons, but the initial load times are a huge one (~15MB of wasm for an empty scene last I checked). They were working on Project Tiny[0] to address exactly this, but they've now paused work on it indefinitely :( Someone please build tools to fix this! [0] https://unity.com/solutio…

I have a $300 laptop and a mobile (cell) Internet connection and it loaded quickly for me and is also butter-smooth. [Note: I also have 156 other tabs currently open in Chrome. And another 30 in Edge. Don't hate me!]

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

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Post by sktrdie »

I feel like this is how the UX for developing software should be. Types and intellisense plus copilot somewhat bring us close to something like this. Where adding a new module somehow automatically adjust itself to the project instead of having to provide strict API interfaces. Just a thought.

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

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Post by jwolfe »

JayStavis wrote: post #23
raajg wrote: post #17

Wow, the entire town is URL encoded!! Example: http://oskarstalberg.com/Townscaper/#IzpjOEQ0ejP2X9w-b--c-X-...

How do you imagine this is done? Hashing the town state and storing lookup key as URL params?

Couldn't it be as simple as a list of (color, x, y, z) (base64 encoded) in the fragment? URL fragments can get really long.

Not sure what you'd need a look up key for.

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

#29

Post by skuthus »

z3t4 wrote: post #20

Cool demo, well polished. Now it only needs some gameplay! I could imagine a friendly MMO game where you trade resources with other sea villages.

Part of the fun for me is that it's kind of like a zen garden, but for buildings. I would love to see people start to populate and let the computer decide what they do and what the buildings are used for based on conditions created by the design of the city.

Re: Townscaper Running in the Browser

#30

Post by brundolf »

_Microft wrote: post #2

There is also another game/toy by Oskar Stålberg in which you can build a teeny, tiny block of house(s) on a 5x5 grid. Very cute, especially with all the well decorated balconies. https://oskarstalberg.com/game/house/index.html The author is on Twitter and sometimes tweets about development of his games and the techniques involved. https://twitter.com/OskSta

I highly recommend following indie devs on Twitter. It's always cool watching the game take shape over the years, and sometimes you also get behind-the-scenes details
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