In-browser game play - (casual playing). Where?

[Bender Blues]

Little lame I know, still a fun time killer.

This site: https://antibody-software.com/munchyworm has a fun, in browser "Centipede" like game. Try it, you'll get hooked 

 

Now with the GPU playing a big role in browsing - where are some cool websites to play? 

For example, years ago, I remember a website that had every Atari game from the arcade days to play in your browser. I'll be damned if I can find it.

 

Googled around, just not seeing game play. Can anyone list some fun sites?!

THANK YOU!

MunchyWorm 

 

[LapsedMemory]

If you have XBox Game Pass Ultimate, you can play the cloud-based games in an Edge browser and not all of them suck.  

 

When I was a subscriber, that's how I played some of the games on my Linux install when I didn't have access to my Windows machine. 

[Bender Blues]

14 minutes ago, LapsedMemory said:

If you have XBox Game Pass Ultimate, you can play the cloud-based games in an Edge browser and not all of them suck.  

 

When I was a subscriber, that's how I played some of the games on my Linux install when I didn't have access to my Windows machine. 

Wow, thats cool!

Never heard of such a thing.

 

I hope others will share here, not sure why I'm not seeing more replys 

[manikyath]

i mean.. we dont need GPU acceleration to have some stunning browser based games.

 

lego used to have a propper 3D racing game with somewhat acceptable suspension physics on their website, and honestly.. the "lego worldbuilder" series of games deserve better than just be burried alive along with flash..

 

i'm happy projects like Flashpoint exist to keep the classics alive.

 

as for modern day examples...

https://shapez.io/ - is a pretty feature-complete demo. factory builder / automation optimization type game.

https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ - i assume this made enough hype waves that you know what it is.. and it's gotten quite expansive trough time.

https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/ - a bit dated by now, but a game that goes much deeper than you would expect at face value.. saying more would spoil the fun.

[Bender Blues]

29 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i mean.. we dont need GPU acceleration to have some stunning browser based games.

 

lego used to have a propper 3D racing game with somewhat acceptable suspension physics on their website, and honestly.. the "lego worldbuilder" series of games deserve better than just be burried alive along with flash..

 

i'm happy projects like Flashpoint exist to keep the classics alive.

 

as for modern day examples...

https://shapez.io/ - is a pretty feature-complete demo. factory builder / automation optimization type game.

https://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ - i assume this made enough hype waves that you know what it is.. and it's gotten quite expansive trough time.

https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/ - a bit dated by now, but a game that goes much deeper than you would expect at face value.. saying more would spoil the fun.

Awesome! I'll give those a look when done replying.

Thats the answers I'm looking for, Thank You!

 

Anymore, anyone?! Some favorites maybe?

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Bender Blues said:

Anymore, anyone?! Some favorites maybe?

the problem with finding *good* browser games, is that it's really a case of finding a gem in a wasteland of absolute garbage.

 

it's a "world's hardest game" in a cesspit of "diz gaem be imposibul" ripoffs,

it's a "motherlode" in a cesspit of "diging gaem" ripoffs,

it's just happening upon "Shopping cart hero" 1-3, and "learn to fly 2" by the randomest of chance,

it's clicking on "fancy pants adventure" and coming to realise that it is the best platformer you've played all year.

 

as for where all of those examples are these days:

- world's hardest game has a HTML5 remake, because of it's niche speedrun/completionist success.

- motherlode has a very niche speedrun, but is popular enough for a speedrun-specific version of the game to exist. (with some fixes / whatever details it was)

- the concept of a skill based game with rounds that have "shopping pauses" in between is still very common today, in many forms.. but as far as i'm aware no noteworthy browser based ones.

- the guy behind fancy pants has made a steam game in the same theme, and apparently it's brilliant.

 

as for where to dig into the cesspit on the look for something good.. this is probably the cesspit you want to start in:

https://itch.io/games/free/platform-web