[Question] HTML5/WebGL will it work on the OUYA?

HeadClot · April 2013

So I am developing a game using HTML5 and WebGL at the moment - mainly just for fun/Experimentation.

I do not have an OUYA yet.. So I cannot test it out. Otherwise I would.

TL;DR -

Does HTML5 and WebGL work on the OUYA?

greeniekin · April 2013

Do you have an android phone? It is the same. They have no modified it at all apart from the resolution(as far as I have noticed).
Android uses webkit for rendering. The javascript engine I am not really clear on. I would think v8 given that it is googles javascript engine. Though I am unsure about that. If you are using a cross browser library or writing for cross browser it will not matter.

jayderyu · April 2013

If your going down this route. Your not alone.

I suggest checking into

CoocoonJS

Pender Android
Game Closure

all of them will wrap up your tech layer into a packaged product. Not having an Ouya I can't verify the results.

Nothing currently supports WebGL, just Canvas. However, CocoonJS will be supporting WebGL in the near future. I'm hoping they will release that in May :) along with Ouya support.

psema4 · May 2013

Bunches of HTML5 works, but as noted, not WebGL. For an example on how far I've gotten to date, see this thread: http://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/797/fixed-webview-ouyacontroller

I'm currently trying to replace the default Webview with Chromeview https://github.com/pwnall/chromeview however there looks to be a conflict with the Guava library. (Don't quote me however, my Java is seriously lacking and I may not be interpreting the results correctly.)

Assuming we could get Chromeview working, WebGL on the OUYA may not need to wait for Google to replace the default browser.

Anyone interested in this particular thread may also wish to star this issue: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113088

jayderyu · May 2013

ooooh. going to get Chromeview working. Nice touch. I think Ash at Scirra would like to see that result. I think it`s a good idea. Though I believe Chromeview WebGl is a still on the slow side, but it`s a stable FPS where as Canvas isn`t.

psema4 · September 2013

Unfortunately I wasn't able to figure out chromeview. That said I have made a bit of progress using android-chromium-view.

Currently I can open the view and browse to chrome://gpu or get.webgl.org - both of which report that WebGL is enabled. Unfortunately I don't see the spinning cube on the webgl test page.

Without devtools I'm blocked but there is an open issue for that. Also, it looks like Mozilla wants to provide a GeckoView in the future.

psema4 · September 2013

So the issue I opened on android-chromium-view has been closed. :D

Now that remote debugging can be enabled, I'll be back looking at WebGL over the next few days (with a bonus... but more on that in a new thread soon.)

jayderyu · September 2013

@psema4

Hey, so how is every coming over all? I heard at one point you had an HTML5 game going. How hard is that. Is the controller W3C standard? is there store support?

psema4 · September 2013

It's coming, albeit slowly. Much more slowly that I'd hoped (primarily due to a lack of free time). I wish I had a better handle on Java, that's for sure.

TicTacToe (which formed the basis of Blip, my soon-to-be-released HTML5 Eclipse project generator) works well enough to prove it can be done. In any event, a nephew of mine seems to be particularly fond of the game, so I'll take that as a win. :)

The controllers do not tie into the Gamepad API unfortunately. One day hopefully. As it currently stands, dev's can poll for controller states from JavaScript (sync), or alternatively subscribe to pub/sub messages (async).

I haven't looked at IAP's at all yet.

tgraupmann · February 2014

I've been able to get accelerated WebGL to work under chromium successfully. If you PM me with a link to your HTML5, I can send you a test APK.

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