“All you need to enter is a normal web browser” Did EA nail the future of online games with the HTML5-driven LordofUltima.com? #semionautvia Twitter
February 2, 2010
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These types of browser-based games have been around for a long time. Want to see something really interesting in browser without Flash? http://www.golemizer.com/ or http://www.blimpwarsonline.com/. They’re a bit rough around the edges, but done in Javascript.
Thanks for those links, Brian. “Rough around the edges” is something LordOfUltima.com is not. I hope the flashiness and scale of LOU will make games like this all the more common.
I also think HTML5, along with the efforts of Google and OpenGL to create a web standard for 3d acceleration–not to mention Apple’s refusal to include Flash on their entertainment devices–will drive adoption of HTML5 and Javascript apps.
At least, here’s hoping. Open platforms, FTW!
I pointed out those games because they had a bit of an action element to them, something that most browser-based games don’t have. My point was that there are a lot of really interesting and polished browser games out there. I played one called Wild Guns! for a long while that is similar in structure to the Ultima game you point out.
As for HTML5, I’m always wary about some new technology being the next big thing. Like everything browser-based, it won’t spring forth fully formed. There will be implementation issues, adoption issues, etc. Eventually we may have HTML5 replacing everything, but I’d recommend against burning other platforms quite yet.
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