Yes! That’s why the headline says “overdesigned”:)
It’s designed as a universal native app. So browser here really is just a platform for deployment.
The design is for a an application that is a single download and few megabytes in size that runs the same on desktops natively (after compilation) and in the browser. Rust ecosystem is getting _really_ nice for that.
So it’s Egui with WebGPU backend.
So if the requirement is ”an universal app” it’s nicer alternative than using Electron but Tauri might have been a more reasonable choice if I didn’t want to leave the door open more for more options on rendering backend on desktop.
Sort of same lineage in thinking as Flash, Java apps (circa 2000 :) ) etc. Or something like Ghostty.
The downside is that it does not use native GUI for much which means it’s closer to a game than ”professional” desktop app.
I am getting an error.
Thanks for your feedback!
Can you please test again?
I added WebGL2 backend as separate binary selected during page loading if browser does not support WebGPU.
I left out WebGL rendering backend to shave off few megabytes but might have jumped the gun on WebGPU support.
The better choice clearly was offering both :)
Would you mind sharing which browser you use?
(WebGPU is getting really nice support finally - https://caniuse.com/webgpu - not _full_ coverage yet but getting quite prominent)
"The game could not start. Check your connection and that WebGPU is enabled and available on this device."
Thanks!
I would appreciate if you could try again.
I added a WebGL2 rendering backend.
Same here. I don't know if WebGPU works on my computer, but it really isn't needed for a 2D card game.
“WebGPU … isn’t needed”
Yes! That’s why the headline says “overdesigned”:)
It’s designed as a universal native app. So browser here really is just a platform for deployment.
The design is for a an application that is a single download and few megabytes in size that runs the same on desktops natively (after compilation) and in the browser. Rust ecosystem is getting _really_ nice for that.
So it’s Egui with WebGPU backend.
So if the requirement is ”an universal app” it’s nicer alternative than using Electron but Tauri might have been a more reasonable choice if I didn’t want to leave the door open more for more options on rendering backend on desktop.
Sort of same lineage in thinking as Flash, Java apps (circa 2000 :) ) etc. Or something like Ghostty.
The downside is that it does not use native GUI for much which means it’s closer to a game than ”professional” desktop app.
”If WebGPU works …”
It’s ”almost” fully supported: https://caniuse.com/webgpu
Edit: There is now also WebGL2 backend