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by koonsolo 1937 days ago
I ported my https://rpgplayground.com from ActionScript3 to Haxe several years ago. (It's an RPG Maker for the web).

Very happy with it! The main benefit for me is that once I want to go to other platforms, even game consoles, I can do that without much hassle.

I used to be an avid Python developer, and thought that language was really undervalued. Now I have the same feeling about Haxe.

When people ask me what language I use for RPG Playground, and I say Haxe, they have no idea what I'm talking about. I always mention that Dead Cells is also built in Haxe, and the it's "ah I know that one".

Expect big things for Haxe!
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chii 1937 days ago
Tonnes of good stuff is written in haxe - Northguard, Papers Please, just to name a few well known ones (more here https://github.com/Dvergar/awesome-haxe-gamedev#games )

i think typescript has stolen the thunder for web development, but in an alternative universe where typescript didn't exist, i say haxe would be the better altnernative over javascript for web frontend, and possibly, backend as well.

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