The past, present,
and the future of
HTML5 game development
Andrzej Mazur • @end3r • Enclave Games
JS Poland 2019 in Warsaw, Poland, November 22nd 2019
2011 vs 2019
2011: W3C workshop, Warsaw
Is HTML5 ready for gaming?
Yes, kind of, but...
- Poor Canvas performance
- Crappy (or missing) audio
- (Not) working offline
- Drafts of Web APIs
2019: It works!
Performance improved
Audio working correctly
Offline with PWA
Web APIs support
Current state of play
Technology is sufficient, but...
- Discoverability issues
- Lack of monetization options
Discoverability
Monetization
Change of focus
From licensing to advert-based revenue share.
Bright future
2019: W3C workshop, Redmond
Build cool stuff
...by mixing the ingredients.
2D casual mobile game...
...offline PWA...
...in VR...
...with WebGPU...
...and WebAssembly.
Improving discoverability
Revolutionzing monetization
Monetized website
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Flood Escape</title>
<meta name="monetization" content="your_payment_pointer">
// ...
</head>
Real-time money transfer
No advertisements
- No privacy issues
- Not spying on users
- Not selling data
Summary
- Technology is sufficient → can be improved
- Discoverability problems → indexing tools
- Monetization issues → Web Monetization API
@end3r