Why WebGL?

AndyPixel

Until now, the desktop version of the game was running on an interactive content format plugin invented by Adobe - Flash.
But as open standards like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly have matured over the past several years, most now provide many of the capabilities and functionalities that plugins pioneered and have become a viable alternative for content on the web. Given this progress, Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash.

As Adobe announced that it would stop supporting the Flash soon, it was necessary to adjust the game so it can run without the Flash technology. Therefore, we decided to make the game available in the open format standard - WebGL.

More information about the end of the support for the Adobe Flash can be found here

The WebGL change will apply only to the desktop version of the game. It will bring new graphics, new features and new possibilities to the game so the excitement on our side is huge! In the near future, Diggy will become a subject of multiple changes and we all work hard together to create even better gaming experience.

pixel_player70557119

AndyPixel Why does WebGL not initialize on Chrome?

pixel_player76577757

AndyPixel I love the game 🙂 since I started 5 years ago, every day that passes I like it more, before it was played in Flash Player and now we have to do it in Webgl, it's okay, you have to adapt to new changes, evolve, learn new things, not anchor in the past, as I say, you're playing and you run out of energy, while Diggy is charged with energy, I can be doing other things: watching a series, a movie, tidying up the room, playing other games, chatting with a friend, you can always look for other ways to distract yourself, until Diggy's energy bar is full.

pixel_player27710086

its sad that you all were so quick to change without waiting to see what else Adobe had to offer. you all have ruined a great game and are going to lose a lot of veteran players

pixel_player40993489

pixel_player27710086

I totaly agree with you

pixel_player44372599

pixel_player27710086 Thank you, I feel the same way as you do.

pixel_player79673807

pixel_player27710086 kinda hard to return to an old standard when it’s going away. How about letting the experts that created Diggy figure this out?

pixel_player45594186

This new format is much clunkier to use and is making the game not as enjoyable to use. Diggy's camp is so hard to look through now that it is no longer all on the same page at the same time. Please find ways to fix things like this.

deever

If we must use WebGL, ok.
But try to improve it, because it is impossible to play.
Do you understand that your WebGL is not good !!!!!!!!!!!!!

deever

There is no sound with WebGL, even if I activate it on the settings !!
Moreover, even if Adobe stop support flash, we can still use it !
We don't need updates !

BlameTheParrot

deever actually we do need updates. How do you suppose little things like new Events, Regions, or even new equipment will get added?

And we are literally only in day 2 of the big WebGL rollout. Yes, there's A LOT to be desired right now & glitches to overcome. However, Pixel IS trying to make the game more capable of being expanded upon. It's a big change for PC players but hopefully with some tweaks & fixes, the new setup will work well.

startrek2365

deever Even if we didn't need the security patches and updates. (which I will go into why we need those if you want me to.) It is also of note that all the web browsers have said that within 6 months of flash being End of life they will no longer support Flash meaning you have to use older web browsers to use flash. That would put Pixel out of business if they didn't change.

pixel_player76560669

It is clear that the transition from one technology to another should have happened sooner or later. But why change the game service so drastically? Why does the search for friends who are worth a visit turn into a quest? Why when cooking I can not choose which oven I want to cook this recipe? All information about recipes, materials, about own stocks, placed in the form of a tape, is very inconvenient. Underground premises located on the same level also make it difficult to operate the equipment. I do not see in one window what can be moved and what can be deleted. Let there be a new technology, let there be a little different graphics, but return the old gaming service !!!

TimParisotto

Horrível essa plataforma. Deixarei de jogar.

pixel_player40993489

Before you jumped to WebGL you shoud first made some improvements for WebGL platform. Quick decisions are usually the worst (as in this case).

I was big fan of your game but if you don't improve game playing ASAP, you will lose a lot of players

pixel_player31358408

Why is it when I try to play on WebGl my Laptop seems to run funny making noise and seems to over heat until I switch it over to Flash? Plus I will get an error and says it needs to restart?

pixel_player26802832

PixFed people - it's not so much the technology that people don't like, it's more the way you've completely undone many years (in some cases) of learning the layout of where everything is. If you were to replicate (as much as possible) the Flash game layout using WebGL, you would have had a much better response. If you want to introduce new game mechanics, that's fine, but don't move everything around at the same time. Speaking as a former game developer for Sony, I know what I'm talking about. You've alienated a lot of people with the drastic layout changes you've made.

pixel_player92071899

WebGL is moving backwards. Its like moving from a 4K TV (Flash) to 16 color Atari (WebGL). If WebGL technology is better than Flash, then why does it not reflect in the game graphics. Diggy's movement is clunky, It is a pain to see Diggy walk across the screen. Its like he does not want to do it. The animation is ridiculous, Diggy lifts a leg to use the pickaxe. The only thing i can relate it to is a dog who lifts his leg to P**.
To give WebGL a try, over the day i tried to use the WebGL version almost 4-5 times but every time ended going back to Flash.
The energy and experience is not refreshed automatically. We have to refresh the page to get the correct energy .. Ridiculous !!!

PixFed folks, please please relook at how you have implemented this and if possible try to smoothen out the issues we are facing else you would see players going away.

Sardus_Swift

And WebGL is not the only alternative to flash. I've seen other online games that also have to make this transition and they converted their content to html5 with a 1:1 look and feel. Would this not have been easier??? There even exist flash to html5 converters by Adobe for example. I admit that I am not that deep into programming but if things like it exists there has to be a way to make it work, not????

VanessaTG

I only see negative comments and some quite derogatory. We denied and reject the unknow by, but we must give a vote of confidence and a "time of grace."
This hasn't been a drastic change from one day to the next. It is a transition, with the opportunity to play in WebGL or Flash for now.
They've been working with players for months to test the new version.
Many of you threaten to leave diggy if they don't return to the previous version. Just I tell you this: Facebook has made many changes without warning (Pixel warned of what was coming). We all deny Facebook when it makes changes without warning, which is quite annoying and we renegade, but, where are we all? on Facebook, quiet and enduring 'cause it's what there is.
We expect things to work recently implanted: Well, no, that doesn't work like that.
I'e been a game tester in my youth, something less when pased time. With the WebGL version I've been a lucky to be tester 'cause it was with an ex-gamer account.
We must give a "time of grace" and don't close our mind without more. And most importantly, let's be civic and not despise the hard work they have been doing for quite some time. The guys and girls of Pixel need to know what problems are coming to solve them.
Help to add, not to subtract. This is my humble opinion. Greetings.

pixel_player1684392

VanessaTG Very well said Vanessa - my sentiments exactly..

pixel_player23126874

I totally agree that WebGL is far worse than Flash, surely Diggy's makers can see this, and should be appalled. I am not high tech, but nobody could honestly say that the graphics are better. I have not played enough on WebGL to find any other problems, apart from stuff being moved around. It appears, that reading here, Diggy needs to be returned to it's former format, and if WebGL cannot do this, then they aren't worth much. This should be sorted out before someone else provides a better game, which they will, or Diggy's makers will lose many many players....surely they don't want that?

pixel_player60755424

I noticed that we can no longer display all our achievement banners or put out all the decorations we could in the old version. This WegGL is very frustrating. I even had a hard time collecting a page. I kept getting an error message to restart the game-grrrrrrrrrr!