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The classic flash game Happy Wheels is now available to purchase on Steam. Ahhh, nostalgia. Nice to see this game will live forever.

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[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Everything? A modern internet browser is pretty resource intensive. If the game was done with a proper multiplatform game engine, maybe in Godot, and was exported to Linux, Windows, Mac and to the browser, then it would probably have a better chance to run on more devices.

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca -2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

If you're on a computer that can't run a web browser in 2026 I'm out of words honestly.

Also, Godot exported to the web would definitely run worse than a game made directly for the browser.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

If you're on a computer that can't run a web browser in 2026 I'm out of words honestly.

You are moving the goal post here. Some people game on systems that don't support modern browsers.

Also, Godot exported to the web would definitely run worse than a game made directly for the browser.

That depends on how the game was made. Godot exports to Wasm and WebGL, which is web assembly, and generally pretty fast. I don't know anything about that game, but there are certainly worse ways to make games natively in the browser, which could be avoided by using a proper engine. Of course you can also write unoptimized games in Godot as well.

But a good native Godot export is certainly faster then a good web export of the same game made nativley with web technology.

[–] popcar2@piefed.ca 1 points 21 minutes ago

You are moving the goal post here.

And you're being pedantic. Any computer made in the last 15 years can run a browser. If your laptop can't run a browser, you probably can't even run Steam. Why are we even talking about this?

But a good native Godot export is certainly faster then a good web export of the same game made nativley with web technology.

I'm a Godot developer and this is wrong.

[–] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

You got it backwards last paragraph but yup, nothing to do.

[–] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

If you’re on a computer that can’t run a web browser in 2026 I’m out of words honestly.

Not everyone can afford all of your Steam Decks or whatever. I am sure there are plenty of people who have to either go do something else while a site loads or browse like this:
"Armadillos" Wikipedia page on Dillo browser

Obviously not running much of any browser games there, apart from web form quizzes.

Godot exported to the web would definitely run worse than a game made directly for the browser.

Yes, that's for lazy bastards to try the game for placebo when it would be actually faster to install, or for little Timmy to play on a school computer.