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It's not even just video games! Leaflet's great for real-world non-video games maps of the whole world. It's by far the easiest system to make any random old image zoomable and pinchable.

My brother and I created a map of our local Costco in Figma and just put it up at https://costcomap.com/

This got me wondering if my favorite game as a kid, RuneScape, also uses Leaflet on their world map for Old School RuneScape (the version I am more familiar with). It turns out they do. Cool!

https://oldschool.tools/world-map

Right, leaflet can be used also outside the map context. We used it to reimplement a "Pick Your Own Seat" component (originally implemented in flash), where the user picks its own seats while buying tickets!

I'm a freelance web developer for https://gamerguides.com/ which also uses Leaflet for video game maps. It's a little weird to get working with at first but it turns out it's well suited for that sort of use case. I love it.