Indie perspective
on Web games
Andrzej Mazur • @end3r • Enclave Games
W3C Workshop on Web Games, Redmond, WA, June 27th 2019
Andrzej 'End3r' Mazur
- HTML5 Game Developer
- end3r.com | @end3r
- Enclave Games studio
- js13kGames competition
- Gamedev.js meetups in Poland
- Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter
- Mozilla Tech Speaker
- Excited about WebXR and PWAs
2011 vs 2019
2011
W3C workshop at the onGameStart 2011 conference
HTML.next for Games, Warsaw, Poland
2012
Is HTML5 ready for gaming?
Canvas performance
Way worse than native
Crappy audio
Too many formats, play/sync issues
Working offline
Web Storage, AppCache, IndexedDB, Web SQL
Drafts of Web APIs
Gamepad, Pointer Lock, Fullscreen, ...
Development tools
Borrowed from front-end
Monetization
Go native or go home
2019
It works! So, what now...?
Web vs Native
Native
Packaging to iOS, Android, Steam, ...
Web
Publishers and platforms
- Focusing on mobile devices
- Using benefits of PWAs
Indies vs Studios
Small indies
Fast hyper-casual mobile experiences
Bigger studios
WebGPU, WebAssembly, WebXR,
hundreds of MBs of assets
Survey!
Asked the community
for feedback
So many different results...
Discoverability
2011 vs 2019
Monetization
- Licensing, subscription, revenue share, IAPs
- Freelancing, client work
- "Making a decent living" vs "becoming rich"
- Protecting the assets from theft
Summary
- Technology is sufficient (but can be improved)
- Discoverability issues (saturated market)
- Lack of solid monetization options
Thank you!
Let's talk!
@end3r