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by AshleysBrain 34 days ago
Shameless plug but if you like small file size overheads, our browser based game engine Construct[1] exports an empty web project with about 300 KB overhead for a fully-featured engine. We achieve this by going all-in on the web platform so we don't have to ship a heavyweight runtime with it, and using a modular approach where only the components you use get exported.

[1] https://www.construct.net

2 comments

Very cool. My first "proper" game used Construct 2 back in 2013, still runs great in current browsers! https://raicuparta.itch.io/circular
FYI “open 3d city” link gives an error about exceeding the free edition size.
It's not an error, it's just saying the project exceeds the free edition limits, which means you can look around and preview it but not make edits to it.
So it’s a warning, not an error, but it looks like an error to someone who hasn’t learned how the thing works.

If it were me, I’d make that first click into the demo as simple and clean as possible. The site is currently educating people about a product limitation before they see the actual product.