Developer Investigates Performance Issues in JavaScript RPG Game When Wrapped as Desktop App
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The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
A developer investigates performance issues in their small RPG game built with JavaScript and the KAPLAY library, where the game runs smoothly in Firefox but experiences noticeable slowdowns when wrapped as a desktop application on their specific machine. Despite sharing executables with the KAPLAY Discord community where no one reported similar issues, the developer expands testing to their wider audience via Substack to gather more data and understand the root cause of the performance discrepancy between browser and desktop app versions.
Key quotes
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I initially shared the project's executables on the KAPLAY Discord server (KAPLAY being the library I used to make the game in JavaScript) and none reported the performance issues I had.
Seeing this, I decided to make a Substack post inviting my wider audience to try the game out and report its performance.
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