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Nice. I didn't detect any measurable input lag - which is good because these old-school games can be tough as nails.

I briefly flipped through the docs - it seems like Kaplay shares a lot in common with PhaserJS. I'd be interested in a comparison between the two frameworks.

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I made a video explaining why I prefer to use Kaplay. It's 12 min long.

It's not a direct comparison with Phaser but I think it could give you a clear picture of where Kaplay stands and what it offers compared to Phaser.

Link here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8a6jXRnYfc

Why is it better than just doing it in WebAssembly?

With WebAssembly you'll get native builds as well as web builds, higher performance, and you're not restricted in the language you use.

Without going into the Web/WebAssembly debate, KAPLAY is just too good as a library to pass up. It's intuitive, easy and comes with a lot built-in. It makes making games actually fun with it's ECS-like API.

If KAPLAY existed as a WASM runtime or in another language, I would use it.

Use the technology you know and move quickly in. For a game like this, personal preference is way more important than optimal language/technology choice.

Why would you compare a game framework to wasm?

Because WebAssembly brings every game framework to the web.

No, the game framework would have to be designed for that, or someone would have to put in a lot of work to get something like an emscripten pipeline working.

They are designed for that.

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