Heroes of Might and Magic 3 in the Browser — Hard or Not?

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Covers using Emscripten to port native applications into the browser, illustrated with examples like Heroes of Might and Magic III, Perimeter, and Wangere; discusses practical difficulties and current issues encountered during such ports. Targets owners of native products who need to evaluate whether and how to move their games or apps to the web.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:33Porting tech history
3. 5:44Angers porting example
4. 19:14Perimeter porting example
5. 27:44Heroes 3 in browser
6. 39:18Summary & Q&A

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