Gather . town technologies
Hello Community,
I've recently given Gather.town (https://gather.town/) a try
I am curious about the technologies they used to build the thing , especially the 2D "game area" (is it a sort of in-browser game engine?) where avatars are supposed to move
What are you thoughts about it ? Can you point me to any implementation detail you're aware of ?
Thanks :)
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You can open the web inspector to get some clues.
https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/website/how-to-inspect-and-change-style-using-google-chrome
A quick look at their page shows that they are using HTML canvas, with multiple canvases on top of each other representing the background, characters, etc. Not sure if it's their own engine or built on top of something.
If you're just looking to move objects around the screen in a game-like way there are quite a few engines that will help you - just google search for "javascript canvas game engine".
My educated guess is that they are driving Pixi with GSAP.
I would recommend putting their links through BuiltWith. It can provide some nice insights into what a product uses (and even used to use).
Will do! Thanks
are you looking to build your own game?
Why not? Never programmed a game, but it looks like easy as of today - and amusing