The past, present,
and the future of
HTML5 game development
Andrzej Mazur • @end3r • Enclave Games
Tech Speakers meetup in Amsterdam, September 27th 2019
2011
W3C workshop at the onGameStart 2011 conference
2012
Is HTML5 ready for gaming?
- Yes, kind of, but...
- Poor Canvas performance
- Crapy (or missing) audio
- (Not) working offline
- Drafts of Web APIs
2019
It works!
Current state of play
- Technology is sufficient, but...
- Discoverability issues
- Lack of monetization options
Discoverability
Monetization
From licensing to advert-based revenue share
Bright future
PWA
WebXR
WebGPU
WebAssembly
W3C exploring Schema.org
Web Monetization API
Go out and
build the future
of the Web!
@end3r