{"author_name":"Spiridios","cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","comments":[],"epoch":1272422940,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"70604","p_author":"Spiridios","p_authorkey":"506801","p_urlkey":"106425","p_title":"Evil Lair Command compatibility testing","p_cat":"LD #17 - Islands - 2010","p_event":"LD17","p_time":"1272422940","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"506801","us_name":"Spiridios","us_username":"Spiridios","event_start":"1271980800","event_key":"3","event_name":"LD17"},"text":"<p>Evil Lair Command uses HTML5&#8217;s canvas and javascript. In theory that means it runs anywhere. I decided to do some more compatibility testing based on what I have readily available to me:<\/p>\n <table>\n <tr>\n <td><b>Browser<\/b><\/td>\n <td><b>OS<\/b><\/td>\n <td><b>Result<\/b><\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Firefox 3.6.3<\/td>\n <td>Win 7<\/td>\n <td>Developed in (so of course it works)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Firefox 3.6.3<\/td>\n <td>Ubuntu 9.10<\/td>\n <td>Works at full framerate. I only have a touchpad here, so I agree TOUCHPAD HELL!<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Firefox 3.5.9<\/td>\n <td>Win 7<\/td>\n <td>Works<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Firefox 3.5.9<\/td>\n <td>Win XP<\/td>\n <td>&#8220;Choppy, couldn&#8217;t hit boats&#8221; Note: this computer also had problems with a Silverlight game we tested on it.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Firefox 3.0<\/td>\n <td>Win XP<\/td>\n <td>Doesn&#8217;t work (only shows blue square)<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Safari 4.0.5<\/td>\n <td>Win 7<\/td>\n <td>Works<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Safari<\/td>\n <td>iPhone OS 3.1.3 (iPhone 3GS)<\/td>\n <td>Low framerate. Upside-down text. Not really playable.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Chrome 4.1.249.1045<\/td>\n <td>Win 7<\/td>\n <td>Works<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Opera 10.52<\/td>\n <td>Win 7<\/td>\n <td>The mouse position is off, so hitting the boats is even harder.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>IE 8<\/td>\n <td>Win 7<\/td>\n <td>Fails. I also tried the canvas compatibility library, which also fails with a blue square.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Fennec<\/td>\n <td>Maemo<\/td>\n <td>Half the graphics don&#8217;t display, maxed CPU with single-digit FPS.<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n <p>Obviously some of the playability depends on the hardware you&#8217;re on. Leave a comment if you want to play \u201cwhat can this stupid game run on\u201d too.<\/p>","time":"April 27th, 2010 9:49 pm","title":"Evil Lair Command compatibility testing"}