12 August 2007
Platform Choice: The Web
The cart here comes slightly before the horse. Strictly, I believe a desktop application would be a more suitable form for a game. The Facebook API, which is required to access the friends this game is predicated upon, supports desktop applications so this certainly would have been an option.
The web, however, is the future- that is plainly how it seems to me. The web primarily is where I should like to gather skills and so I have chosen that this game will be browser based.
Other advantages exist, of course. The game becomes more accessible as the user does not have to download installation packages and run installers. The web has a far greater propensity to allow code to be platform neutral. The game must use the web as its platform.
The web, however, is the future- that is plainly how it seems to me. The web primarily is where I should like to gather skills and so I have chosen that this game will be browser based.
Other advantages exist, of course. The game becomes more accessible as the user does not have to download installation packages and run installers. The web has a far greater propensity to allow code to be platform neutral. The game must use the web as its platform.
Labels: application, desktop, web
