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0 pointsflohofwoe2y ago0 comments

TBH I would love an extended WASI standard with 'media apis' (window, 3D, audio, input) to run sokol code compiled to WASM in without having to compile/distribute per-platform native apps.

Deno seems to work on that idea [0], but having a WASI like standard would be better of course.

[0] https://github.com/deno-windowing

PS: How much work was it to "port" the Rive renderer? Would be great to see a blog post or similar about how you approached that and about any difficulties on the way :)

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mendyberger2y ago· 4 in thread

This? https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-webgpu

flohofwoeOP2y ago

Yeah, but the 'wasi-canvas' part is really important to get something on screen (as opposed to "just" using WebGPU for compute-tasks).

Also a simple wasi-audio API is needed (preferrably something less overengineered than WebAudio, just a simple sample-streaming API would be perfect).

boomskats2y ago

Are you involved at all with the Bytecode Alliance or the decisions around the WASI proposals/standards? It feels like your take on these things would be super valuable given all the work you've done. They're a very open minded group.

seanisom2y ago

Also, with the solid foundation and simple API footprint you've built for APIs like sokol_audio, would be interesting to see if they could be expressed in WIT and used as a basis for something like a wasi-audio.

seanisom2y ago

+1 for Audio and lots of other APIs necessary to make WASI more like a true OS. With Preview 2 / Component model, hoping the pace of contributions rapidly increases.

seanisom2y ago

Yes! wasi-webgpu is coming, as well as more APIs with wasi-gfx.

Getting rive-renderer working was not hard because in the demo its running on the host side, and not in Wasm yet, although compiling for Windows/DX11 took some minor changes. Getting it fully working in Wasm outside of the browser looks to be non-trivial, but doable, but will likely require upstream changes.

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