iPad Google recreates Quake II with HTML5

jibril · 04-04-2010, 12:41 PM

and javascript I believe.

Look ma, no flash!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=224201220

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhMN0wlITLk (warning: game violence)

However, I haven't check if this youtube link works with iPhone, so don't blame me if the video needs flash

http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/

Yoshi 1080 · 04-04-2010, 01:01 PM

Thanks to WebGL, another open web standard. It's still in a very early development state though so most browsers can't play it back yet. Still, it further diminishes the need for the proprietary Flash format.

04-04-2010, 12:41 PM	#1
jibril Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 54 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Google recreates Quake II with HTML5 and javascript I believe. Look ma, no flash! http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=224201220 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhMN0wlITLk (warning: game violence) However, I haven't check if this youtube link works with iPhone, so don't blame me if the video needs flash http://code.google.com/p/quake2-gwt-port/ Last edited by jibril; 04-04-2010 at 12:48 PM.

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04-04-2010, 01:01 PM	#2
Yoshi 1080 Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 204 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Germany Device: iPad, iPhone, Mac	Thanks to WebGL, another open web standard. It's still in a very early development state though so most browsers can't play it back yet. Still, it further diminishes the need for the proprietary Flash format.

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