PlayCanvas

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PlayCanvas
Developers Will Eastcott, Dave Evans, Vaios Kalpias Ilias, Kevin Rooney, Maksims Mihejevs
Repository github.com/playcanvas/engine
Written in JavaScript
Operating system OS independent
Platform Cross-platform
Type HTML5 3D engine
License MIT License
Website playcanvas.com
As ofJuly 2014

PlayCanvas is an open-source [1] 3D game engine/interactive 3D application engine alongside a proprietary cloud-hosted creation platform that allows for simultaneous editing from multiple computers via a browser-based interface. [2] It runs in modern browsers that support WebGL, including Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The engine is capable of rigid-body physics simulation, handling three-dimensional audio and 3D animations.

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PlayCanvas has gained the support of ARM, Activision and Mozilla. [3]

The PlayCanvas engine was open-sourced on June 4, 2014. [4] [5]

In April 2019, BusinessInsider.com reported that the company was acquired by Snap Inc. in 2017. [6]

Features

The PlayCanvas platform has collaborative real-time Editor that allows editing a project by multiple developers simultaneously. [7] The engine supports the WebGL 1.0 and 2.0 standard to produce GPU accelerated 3D graphics and allows for scripting via the JavaScript programming language. [8] Projects can be distributed via a URL web link or packaged in native wrappers, p.g. for Android, using CocoonJS [9] [10] [11] or for Steam using Electron, and many other options and platforms.

Notable PlayCanvas applications

Various companies [12] use PlayCanvas in projects of different disciplines of interactive 3D content in the web.

Disney created an educational game [13] for Hour of Code based on its Moana film.

King published Shuffle Cats Mini, [14] as a launch title for Facebook Instant Games.

TANX [15] – massively multiplayer online game of cartoon styled tanks.

Miniclip published number of games [16] [17] on their platform with increase of HTML5 games popularity on the web.

Mozilla collaborated [18] with PlayCanvas team creating After the Flood [19] demo for presenting cutting-edge features of WebGL 2.0.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PlayCanvas goes open source". hacks.mozilla.org. June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ "GDC 2014: Mozilla and partners prove Web is the platform for gaming". blog.mozilla.org. March 18, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Techstars London: Top Picks". techcrunch.com. September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "PlayCanvas 3D WebGL Game Engine Now Open Source". gamingonlinux.com. June 4, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "PlayCanvas takes its WebGL video game engine open source". thenextweb.com. June 4, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ghosh, Shona. "This tech CEO secretly sold his startup to Snap and spent 2 years building a product that could transform the firm's fortunes". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  7. ↑ "PlayCanvas Video Game Making".
  8. ↑ "PlayCanvas Browser-Based Game Engine". phoronix.com. June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ludei CocoonJS". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  10. ↑ "Ludei CocconJS Tech Partners - Engines". ludei.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ "PlayCanvas App On Mobile Using CocoonJS". magicsheepgames.co.uk. October 9, 2013. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Github PlayCanvas Users List". GitHub .
  13. ↑ "Disney - Hour of Code - Moana (educational game)".
  14. ↑ "Facebook - Shuffle Cats Mini (game)". Facebook .
  15. ↑ "TANX (game)".
  16. ↑ "Miniclip - Virtual Voodoo (game)".
  17. ↑ "Miniclip - Flappy Bird (game)".
  18. ↑ "Mozilla launching WebGL 2.0 support in Firefox".
  19. ↑ "After the Flood (webgl 2.0 demo)".
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