Can you make a website-based board game like Monopoly with Blocs? I don’t plan to remake Monopoly (calm down Hasbro lawyers) but many of the things I want to do with my website can only be done with the same functionality needed to make a board game similar to Monopoly.
Does Blocs handle sound as well as it does graphics? So far every web-design app I’ve tried has gone out of their way to prevent sound from appearing on your website. Most people have ears as well as eyes, so I work in sound as well as images. If someone clicks on the water droplet icon I want them to have the option hear a soothing rainfall background sound. If they click and drag a duck icon to drop it on an image of Weird Al Yankovich, they should be able to hear a quack-rendition of Hamilton Polka if they so desire. Yet every app I’ve tried to build web pages with insists the internet be as silent as the vacuum of space.
I do know javascript but I’m bad at it, my brain just isn’t wired for programming (the same way most programmers’ brains aren’t wired for making music). I should have said “simple HTML5 games” instead of web games because most of the things I need to do are along the same lines as HTML games.
And as for sound, why is it when you mention sound on a web site everybody, and I do mean EVERYBODY, immediately assumes you want your site to auto-play ear-shattering screeching headache-inducing death metal at full volume with no option to mute? This ignorant thinking is why web-building apps rarely have any sound options, and those few that do are awkward or troublesome to use.
I’ve worked with a group who wanted to make a zoology website for kids where clicking on an animal icon would play a sound, but they had to abandon the project because nobody involved was proficient enough in javascript and not a single website app they tried was capable of handling sound easily. Another group I was associated with wanted to make a website explaining how symphonies worked, allowing visitors to mix the different parts of the orchestra to experience how the sounds melded together. I advised them to give up as they would never find the sound tools needed or a programmer who could handle sound. Five months later they abandoned the project.
I just wish web people would realize that site visitors have ears as well as eyes.
Thanks for pointing that out. I tried Hype when it first came out, it didn’t suit my needs and I put it in my “Does Not Work” list then promptly forgot about it. It’s good to see they’ve developed it a lot more so I’ll check it out again.
I’ve tried making simple interactive games on the web and honestly, handling sound is always more effort than it should be. Even if you just want a click to trigger a little sound effect, some platforms block you or make it so clunky that you just give up unless you’re a hardcore coder. A project I joined wanted animal icons to play animal sounds for kids, but we couldn’t pull it off in a simple way without relying too much on messy JavaScript or custom plug-ins either. Some of the more modern gaming sites have great sound support directly in the browser though. I’ve noticed places like iSabong Asia use interactive sound and visuals really well, so it’s possible even if it sometimes feels out of reach for normal website builders.