Editing Browser game (section)

== Format ==
[[File:BlueMaxima's Flashpoint logo - cutout.svg|thumb|The [[Flashpoint Archive]] is a major modern repository of Flash titles.]]
The [[Front-end (computing)|front end]] of a browser game is what runs in the user's browser. It is implemented with the standard web technologies of [[HTML]], [[CSS]], [[JavaScript]], and [[WebAssembly]]. In addition, [[WebGL]] and [[WebGPU]] enable more sophisticated graphics. On the back end, numerous [[Server (computing)|server]] technologies can be used. Many websites such as [[Newgrounds]] acted as platforms for hosting browser games.

Flash games operated using the Flash Player plug-in. Support for this outside of China was shut down on December 31, 2020, and since then playing these games has required unofficial methods, such as third party plug-ins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Chrome 88 released: RIP Flash Player and FTP support |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-88-released-rip-flash-player-and-ftp-support/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=BleepingComputer |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=End of support for Adobe Flash {{!}} Firefox Help |url=https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/end-support-adobe-flash |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250403091053/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/end-support-adobe-flash |archive-date=2025-04-03 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=support.mozilla.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyagi |first=Anubhav |date=2021-11-11 |title=15 Best Adobe Flash Player Alternatives/Replacement In 2024 |url=https://www.techworm.net/2021/11/best-adobe-flash-player-alternatives.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=TechWorm |language=en-US}}</ref> Thousands of Flash games have been [[video game preservation|preserved]] by the [[BlueMaxima's Flashpoint|Flashpoint]] project.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.pcgamesn.com/flash-games-2020-flashpoint | title = Every Flash game disappears forever in 2020 – but this project has preserved 38,000 of them | first = Dustin | last = Bailey | date = February 1, 2020 | access-date = February 1, 2020 | work = [[PCGamesN]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/01/31/flashpoint-launcher-is-saving-flash-games-from-impending-extinction/ | title = Flashpoint launcher is saving Flash games from impending extinction | first = Lauren | last = Morton | date = January 31, 2020 | access-date = February 1, 2020 | work = [[Rock Paper Shotgun]] }}</ref> The emulation plug-in [[Ruffle (software)|Ruffle]] aims to continue browser accessibility of Flash games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McAloon |first=Alissa |date=August 26, 2019 |title=Emulator aims to keep Flash games alive and kicking after official support ends |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/emulator-aims-to-keep-flash-games-alive-and-kicking-after-official-support-ends |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=www.gamedeveloper.com |language=en}}</ref>