A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet

Post by laurentlb » Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 7:11 PM UTC

sram1337 wrote: post #54

I appreciate what seems like an attempt to make a "smart camera" that gets out of the way of the player and unburdens them from having to control both a player and the perspective of the camera. That burden, of controlling two entities (player and camera) is large for people who are unused to playing video games. Was this dynamic on your radar when building the game and camera system? Would love to hear your thoughts…

Post by bob1029 » Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 7:21 PM UTC

gettingoverit wrote: post #52

Loved the artstyle, but controls... uhh... let's say they were on par with a bad PC port of Sonic Adventure. I can barely control where I'm going, because the camera just rotates randomly. Something I'll never miss from the old days.

Post by softfalcon » Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 7:26 PM UTC

Post by mrlonglong » Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 7:42 PM UTC

Post by monsieurbanana » Sat, Sep 27, 2025, 7:48 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #35

seabass wrote: post #17

I'm curious how you build something like this. I see file types in the network tab which, as a web dev, I've never worked with before. ktx2 and drc extensions, for example. I'm also seeing some wasm and threejs. Is there an engine that outputs these things or is it more of a manual process to bring everything together?

ktx2 = textures drc = 3d shapes (I think) ogg = audio All of these would normally be bundled in the game installer, but are sent down piece by piece over the network in this case. Then there's some wasm and js for the game's business logic. The browser has WebGL APIs that enable running all of this. I'm assuming they used a library or engine like Unity, Godot or Three.js that supports WebGL as an execution target.