About time. The way to free developers from the 30% app tax on iOS is through the web. Apple has been doing their best to drag their heels in order to keep grip over revenue from in-app purchases inside their walled garden, but the writing is truly on the wall at this point.
As an aside, for anyone interested in WebAssembly and the future of gaming in the browser - my team and I at Wonder Interactive are bringing the full power of native gaming to the web. We're building out a platform and suite of tools that allows developers to publish, host, share, and monetize their games directly to their players online, without any middlemen.
The current focus is on the Unreal Engine (4.24, 4.27) and UE5 support which is coming later this year. Other engines will follow such as Unity, Godot, Open 3D Engine, and custom engines we can provide porting for on our paid plans. We're building out a WebGPU backend for UE5, to really enable high end desktop and console quality games in HTML5. The goal is to free developers from storefronts that charge a 30% tax on distribution.
Further reading, with demos attached:
https://theimmersiveweb.com/blog
As an aside, for anyone interested in WebAssembly and the future of gaming in the browser - my team and I at Wonder Interactive are bringing the full power of native gaming to the web. We're building out a platform and suite of tools that allows developers to publish, host, share, and monetize their games directly to their players online, without any middlemen.
The current focus is on the Unreal Engine (4.24, 4.27) and UE5 support which is coming later this year. Other engines will follow such as Unity, Godot, Open 3D Engine, and custom engines we can provide porting for on our paid plans. We're building out a WebGPU backend for UE5, to really enable high end desktop and console quality games in HTML5. The goal is to free developers from storefronts that charge a 30% tax on distribution.
Further reading, with demos attached:
https://theimmersiveweb.com/blog