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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2018, 12:34:51 AM »
Quote from: JobLeonard on March 30, 2018, 05:08:55 AM

Give it a couple of years, you'll be able to compile to bytecode-WASM and ditch a ton of dependencies because the browser environment is guaranteed to have APIs that support multimedia aspects Wink

Ha! I did do an emscripten build a while back and was blown away how well it ran (about 50% of native speed, which I think is damn good).
But my luddite tendencies cringe to think how many wasted cycles are spent in web browsers these days...

Anyway. I downloaded the H-Immersion demo today - all 64KB of it - and just sat there thinking: "Wow. My game is so big and bloated..." :-)
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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2018, 12:42:01 PM »
Keep in mind that:

- demos rely on OpenGL or Direct3D and other graphics APIs, essentially externalizing the costs of writing that logic
- demos use a ton of limited, repeated shapes and geometry. It doesn't have the arbitrary freedom of rasterized textures. (having said that, all your graphics could be procedurally generated)
- demos don't have to worry about input, output, etc. Which makes a huge difference (yes, I know about .krieger)

I mean, sure, Wirth's Law is a thing, but so is opportunity cost. Is saving more bytes worth the investment compared to what it delivers?
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