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In like, 2005-2010ish I remember there being these awesome online games through sites like Mini Clip. All disappeared from the internet.

I understood it had something to do with Java? Or… some plug in? I don’t really understand what either of those mean.

What happened to online games?

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is facebook not full of them? When I used facebook in the early days of facebook games, there were lot's of flash games that later transitioned to HTML5. Games like Farmtown got copied and monetised (e.g. Farmville).

I think the company was Zynga that copied new indie facebook games (I seem to recall drama) and monetised them.

Does that ecosystem still exist?

[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but Social Media games have always had MUCH lower quality than online/standalone games.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know what flash games you were playing but I can't remember any that I'd describe as quality. The ones I were playing were mostly user uploaded ones made with pirated versions of flash dev tools (I was known to make my own for a while too - this may have ifluenced what I was exposed to).

The most polished games I can think of outside of facebook pre-HTML5 were those ones where you drag the clothes off the woman and it's a photo of her naked underneath. I seem to recall settings for changing breasts too.

What quality flash games are you thinking of?

[–] raubarno@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Umm, Kongregate and Armor games used to produce famous games. I liked platformer games like Amberial or FancyPants Adventure, also Bloons TowerDefense or I Love/Hate Traffic. Rebuild was one of great ones (strategy survival after zombie apocalypse), etc. There were talented guys out there.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

Hmm, I think those games came out a bit later than when I was playing flash games.

I also think many of the facebook games were more polished, but on thinking about it there were not a lot of genre options. Most facebook games were quite similar to each other in terms of time passing in real life being a core part of most facebook games. Flash games were a much wider variety of genres.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Sonny, my love

[–] Willdrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Kongregate was dope, it was like Steam but for flash