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At 1/31/13 04:47 AM, Rawnern wrote: I know about Swiffy, but will you guys release a version where you can convert Flash games into HTML5?

While we're reinventing physics, anything else you'd like us to change?

At 1/29/13 05:43 PM, FightingSeraph wrote: Goddamn, Shouldn't we step back a bit to make sure that both Swivel and Collabinator are actually benificial instead of debilitating? You guys may have hated what I said, but honesty and skepticism are better than blind faith.

How IS NOT turning your video into a format anyone can view on any device not beneficial?

I'm incredibly excited about Swivel. I haven't animated in a couple of years, but this is more than enough motivation. Thanks, guys. This is beyond awesome.

At 1/31/13 01:30 PM, Manly-Chicken wrote:

At 1/31/13 08:49 AM, MindChamber wrote: How IS NOT turning your video into a format anyone can view on any device not beneficial?

Well theoretically people could use it to completely leave NG for Youtube.
But it is good in pretty much every other way.

That was happening anyway because NG didnt support video.. Swivel has nothing to do with that, and in fact its giving new flash animators that are just now starting to outgrow flash and its constraints an immediate option to post work here.

Swivel also serves as a form of advertisement for animator who have used the converter and now are seeing Newgrounds as an option for further exposure,,,

Ok... the NG Social button has been completely maxed out for optimum 'hairiness'.
The Collabinator want-ad setup is also a boon... but what about all those little bugs, like the secrets system, the obituary page, accidental double and triple posts (not everyone has a steady internet connection)? And, oh, the ability to post multiple images on our user pages?
Don't get me wrong, really glad I bought the supporter badge. Guess you'll have time to address these issues after the game's released (good luck with that, bruh!)

I love you forever Tom, and Mike...

At 2/2/13 08:31 AM, Rawnern wrote: There's an app online called Swiffy by Google. You can convert Flash games into HTML5.

Yeah but it's not that simple. Even if you came close to being able to convert AS to JS/HTML5 it would never be perfect, and it would no doubt be buggy and have awful performance issues. The examples they provide are incredibly basic examples (aka, detect a key press), nothing more advanced than that.

Writing things in one language isn't interchangeable with another by running it through some convertor.

Awesome feature additions. :)