WebGL X-Wing (opens in new tab)

Relying on absolute cursor position out to the very edges/corners of the window is a bad idea, it's too easy to go outside and lose control while trying to get to the extreme positions necessary.

All these webgl demos cause my late 2008 macbook to grind to an absolute halt in a way that no other program seems to manage. You can almost hear the thing whimpering. Even the stuff like the volume control buttons on the keyboard stopped responding, and they normally take priority over everything else (handled by the kernel perhaps?)

Terrible graphics problems on my i945-Board (using Chrome on Win 7/64bit). I can see the fighter, but almost nothing else.

Shame so many webgl apps refuse to run properly on the 2011 13" mbp.

Tried on a Mac Air in both Chrome 14 / FF 8 and all you see is a giant blue haze with a white outline of the X-Wing.

These posts remind me of the "put a bird on it" sketch. All you need to do is "put a 'web' on it" and suddenly it's amazing.

Color me unconvinced, but we're looking at graphics that are roughly on par with what we saw desktops games in 1999: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2nCrsDHeA

I realize that this is just a small tech demo, but even still -- GL is only part of the equation. The kind of platform optimizations that are eeked out in the game industry are substantial and extend well beyond just the GPU.

The interest in web (flash) games was largely driven by the difficulty of distributing casual native games -- and that's quickly becoming a solved problem.

memories of zaxxon! the environment's a bit too dark to see clearly, but nicely done.

If the intent is to make me pay attention to WebGL, it just may have succeeded.

If, on the other hand, the intent is to prove that I suck at video games, then it's a resounding success.

Because this doesn't capture the mouse it's really hard when you have to go to the top of the screen (menu bar) or bottom (taskbar). Without full screen mouse capture. WebGL will be nothing more than a toy when it comes to any kind of serious game.

I can't play it. I've played too many FPS and Flight Simulators in my time. The controls need to be inverted so i can fly it like a real plane. Too bad.

F11 Friends.

Edit: Highscore 43,906

Hint: Google disables some drivers by default, although by simply navigating to chrome://gpu/ I was able to kick-start WebGL on my Mac.

Just like beggars canyon back home

Do you ever get to the point where you shoot into the vents?

Really cool!

The display jiggles a little bit. About twice a second the camera shakes a little—I think maybe the roll of the camera changes?

I'd like the option to invert the up / down keyboard buttons—I kept going up when I meant to go down, and vice versa.

I know it's churlish of me, but the game being emulated is "star wars" not "x-wing".

Pretty impressive, though. Now, if Adobe could produce a webgl to flash 11 converter, it might be possible to actually do something like this commercially.

lol, I wonder how many other people will hit ctrl-left and end up switching spaces.

Impressive and fun. Dying to reverse the up and down on the arrow keys though!

I melted my computer for that?

Weirdly, for me, doesn't work on Chrome 14, but does work in Firefox 6.

loved it! Smooth....

Pretty sweet ;)

Very addicting...

cant see shit.

I love it. And all these people with MacBooks are really wishing they had something better. Haha.