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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by kingmatt2, Nov 21, 2014.

  1. kingmatt2

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    I plan to make a simple little 2D game, is there a way I can make it so you can play it in your browser and on chrome?

    Chrome OS doesn't like Unity mostly, so would it work?
     
  2. Eric5h5

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    If it supports WebGL, then yes, as long as you have Unity 5.

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  3. kingmatt2

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    So if I make a simple little 2d game that basicly is moving a box onto a circle..
    There's no way to be able to play it in web browser with Chrome OS?
     
  4. Eric5h5

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    Um. As I said, if it supports WebGL (I assume it does, but I don't know), then yes, as long as you have Unity 5 (which has WebGL publishing).

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  5. kingmatt2

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    Thank you so much!
    Also I'm not that into unity yet, so are there any "Extensions" I could "Install" from the Google app store that would run Unity 4.6 or whatever the current version is?
     
  6. Eric5h5

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    No, Unity only runs on OS X or Windows.

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  7. angrypenguin

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    It has nothing to do with how simple or complex the game is. Chrome OS has no way to run the engine in it's native format. Being browser-based and supporting WebGL, it will be able to run the WebGL version of the engine when that becomes available.

    For your newer question, I very much doubt that there's an extension for Chrome OS that lets it run native code compiled for other platforms, especially something as complex as a game engine.
     
  8. kingmatt2

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    Thank you, I was just making sure.