Hello
I'm making a gta-like multiplayer game. What would be the best technology to develop it?
My three options were:
HTML5-javascript-WebGL,
Android-Java-opengl ES
PC- C# opengl .net
I decided to develop it in HTML5-javascript-WebGL because…
- User confort: The UI of mobile phones is poor to play a so complex game. Better wih a keyboard and a mouse. Playing it in the browser would be more comfortable than having to install it on Pc.
- My own confort: I like the no need to compile code of javascript and my only experience in multiplayer is using node.js
But I have two doubts
- The source code. The source code is visible in the browser. I know there are code obfuscators but it would not be a perfect solution. Can commercial games be published in javascript safely? In fact i would put a link to the game but im afraid to expose the souce code.
- Monetization and visibility. Steam and google play handle the monetization and visibility stuff. If I have a web page with the game I would have to do all the work myself. And the topic of managing the users money is very tricky. Could you make money on a website just from ads instead of selling licenses? It would need a lot of visitors. I have many doubts about how would be the best way to monetize a game on a website. I left my job to develop this game so the monetize part is fundamental, its not a hobby project
Can anyone advise me? thanks
