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AndyJPartridge on July 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast

For me, the biggest problem I have trying to use HTML5/Javascript/CSS for a game is sound.

I can't get background music and sound effects working simultaneously under iOS using just those standards.

ericmoritz on July 27, 2011 [–]

is that a deficiency of the iOS browser or the HTML5 standard?

AndyJPartridge on July 27, 2011 | [–]

iOS mainly: Sounds need to be triggered by touch events, which of course for gaming seriously restricts what you can do.

EG: No sound effect from an alien shooting at you.

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