JOJoel_Mckay·Feb 26, 2023
You can see a cross-Browser WebGL Game Engine here:
https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js
In general, the tradeoffs are:
* WebGL is not always available and enabled in all browsers
* Spacial Audio effects and formats are inconsistent across platforms
* mouse/keyboard/game-pad support is tricky (browser security is messy)
* Rigging a mesh for animation gets computationally expensive
* Basic collision detection and snapping to surfaces is always computationally expensive, so to make it performant people use 90's style sphere/cube assumptions
* mutable textures are supported, but basic animated effects still bloat into video memory
* all game assets and runtime code are exposed to end users
Thus, most conclude JS+WebGL are incompatible with most commercial settings, and basic anti-cheat enforcement. Note, WebAssembly+webGL is marginally i
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mproved, but again further reduces the number of supported platforms.
People tend to prefer native App binaries, as unity3D/OpenGL can allow better content experiences without the added resource overhead. One could try to fight this trend, but Apple/Google/Microsoft want their cut... and will continually do things that enforce their bottom line.
Have a wonderful day... =)