Flash was trash that made the web almost unusable for a time. I was glad it died. Shit never properly worked anyway.
Anon misses flash
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to greentext@sh.itjust.works
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banazir@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
porkloin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Absolutely, anyone who thinks it was a golden age didn’t have to live through the broader flash based website hell. Flash games and videos were just the silver lining on otherwise noxious Adobe shit scented cloud
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I tried to become a flash developer back then 😞
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
There are a shitload of free in browser and not games on itch. Anon OP is just a fucking lemming who thinks they have to pay $80 for the latest COD.
Fuck even some.AAA shit like Overwatch and Fortnite are free.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was working as a flash developer when they killed it. I was definitely not on board haha. I had to pivot my whole career but I learned such a valuable lesson.
Flash was the tool that really made programming click for me. It was easy to pick up but hard to master and I spent so much time learning how to write all kinds of code patterns
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Newgrounds still works. They’ve adapted
jcorvera@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Along with Homestar Runner. I think Newgrounds and H*R were the two big flash sites to pivot to using Ruffle.
Mac@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Fancy Pants, Falling Sand, Stick Fight, Kill Your Boss, Moto Trials games etc etc
Gooooood times0ops@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Awe man, I couldn’t afford a console or PC until I was an adult, so these are the video games I’m nostalgic for. Plus the local 2-player games where you share a keyboard! Boxhead, Fireboy & Watergirl, etc
Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
The last line I don’t remember being true. Pretty much everybody were pissed that flash was canceled. I sure as shit was. Still go to ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ to play his old flash games. He managed to make them work again after flash was discontinued. I was so happy because I love his games and their atmosphere.
Also loved the Bitey animations with the little pan who runs around being a total asshole to animals in this weird fantasy world.
I dunno why this anon thinks that millennials were celebrating the downfall of flash. We really didn’t. We just didn’t have any power to save it.
Little_mouse@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
There are plenty of other places to play games online still, Like Pico-8
JOMusic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Making things is Godot actually feels a lot like making Flash games used to
nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Nothing has really changed on this front. Nothing is stopping you from making and playing flash games, and flash itself is just as vulnerable now as when it was still supported. The only thing that’s really different is that dropping support seemed like a good excuse to massively shift culture away from it all.
Etterra@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Even more annoying is when some of those games were garbage but they ended up being turned into phone microtransaction hell or overpriced Steam games anyway.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t know if people working at Artix are passionate, but I definitely wouldn’t call their games ‘free with no microtransactions’.
Object@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Does anyone know the name of the game that features that particular ball under “Anonymous” in the image? I remember that ball very well, but I can’t find the game.
XaetaCore@lemmy.neondystopia.world 2 weeks ago
TAKE ME BACK 😭
mo_lave@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Donko Donko Literate Club
zeca@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
i never celebrated this, wtf
AffineConnection@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mata Nui Online Game
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Still peak humor
stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Relevant: Newgrounds Flash Forward Jam 2025