Haxe: The little known secret to scalable, cross-platform game creation
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FlowPlay ports a 1M+ line ActionScript game to Haxe using Vegas World (1M+ LOC) and OpenFL, preserving revenue and UA while compiling to native C++ output for mobile and JavaScript for web. Haxe translates to multiple targets, is open source, and accepted a critical IPv6 patch within days. Production games using Haxe include Papers, Dead Cells, Defender’s Quest and Northgard (via Heaps); engines/libraries cited are OpenFL, HaxeFlixel, Kha, Heaps and Armory.
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