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Incredible Web-Based iPhone/Android/HTML5 Browser Games
Jun 8th
Well, hammer another nail in the coffin of Flash. I stumbled upon this amazing website with tech demos of HTML5 based games. Akihabara (ah-key-hah-bah-rah) is a major Tokyo shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods.
The developer behind Akihabara wanted to create an engine for fast, web based, flash free, game development. Each game represents a different style of game, including action RPG (like Zelda), platformer (like Mario), top down shooters, puzzles (Tetris) and arcade games (Pac-man)…, which shows the platform’s flexibility. Developers can get the toolkit on the website.
All the demos available are playable in modern HTML5 computer browsers, but they also work on the iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Android. The results are truly fascinating and gameplay is smooth and buttery. Controls are iffy since Safari always wants to scroll if tapped the wrong way, but it did not get in the way enough for me to stop. The future is bright for open web development knowing that it is extremely capable, even in its infancy. Check it out! While the games are simple and only demos, the things they can do still blow my mind. If you don’t have an iDevice/Android phone, the browser versions are identical (even in how smooth they are).
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Firefox Mobile for Android gets teased on Facebook.
Feb 26th
Today the people over at Firefox for mobile threw up a couple teaser photos on Facebook of their browser running on the Motorola Droid and the Nexus One. While the browser looks to be coming along well, there still aren’t any public builds for us to test yet. The browser does sound like it will be a compelling alternative to the stock Android browser. When the browser is finally ready for prime time it should support history, bookmark, and password sync with the desktop version and the ability to install addons. Unfortunately for the time being it looks like we will all just have to wait patiently for the boys at Firefox mobile to push this thing into a stable, public beta form.
Who out there is itching to get this on their Android set? Let us know in the comments.
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