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It might not yet do everything, but we're having a go at a modern web-based animation tool with Construct Animate, currently in open beta: https://www.construct.net/en/blogs/construct-official-blog-1...

It can export videos, GIFs, image sequences, can use modern JavaScript coding, and has a surprisingly strong block-based visual alternative to coding.

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I'm sorry this isn't super actionable, but in case it's a helpful data point, I tried to check this out and wasn't able to. To repro:

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.

Similar experience with using the showcase "AsteroidX" albeit no "unresponsive" dialog though just wouldn't load. It looks like the root of that issue is it requires 3rd party cookies to load but modern browsers block that by default and the error isn't bubbled up to the user. https://www.construct.net/en/free-online-games/asteroidx-650...

If only web games were this smooth during my childhood :). Great stuff!

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