I still haven't seen anything beat Flash with its sweet 1-2 combo of vector drawing, animation and programming tool
Or maybe it's just me reminiscing
Or maybe it's just me reminiscing
Nothing really exists that beats Flash, partially because the switch to mobile killed Flash's momentum. It also led to the switch in Internet content from Flash animations/toons/games to Youtube/Patreon/Twitch videos. It was easier to make money with weekly videos than trying to get Adsense bucks by making a game every few months.
Actionscript was a pretty good language, certainly around the level of what Javascript has become. It was poor-mouthed for the same reasons Javascript was (is?), but now we use Javascript to run 90% of the Web.
I remember back in the early 00s playing with the PHP Flash module. It was a really interesting environment that had a lot of promise. But, alas, it was doomed.
I was always surprised that it didn't get more traction. Though Typescript is leaps and bounds beyond where AS3 ever was
It can export videos, GIFs, image sequences, can use modern JavaScript coding, and has a surprisingly strong block-based visual alternative to coding.
1. Clicked on your link
2. Moused over "Construct 3" in the header, clicked "Showcase."
3. Clicked on a game in the showcase at random ("Bunnicula in Rescuing Harold").
4. Page loaded with a graphic & a play button.
5. I tried clicking play & nothing happened.
6. Shortly after, Brave (Chrome) showed its "Page unresponsive" dialog.
There's not because the DOM isn't suited for complex animations. People manage to animate SVGs (see Greensock etc.), but it's a pain in the nether regions