What fears me, we're likely losing a lot of unarchivable online servers or online games altogether, and we know in which period that awaits us too well. There is Flashpoint, a web-games archivation project which is saving pretty much at least 99% of AG's offline-functioning game library, for one highlight example. Meaning, nothing should change about the games themselves the plugin may still be hackably-enableable and shared around, available in less-major browsers, and standalone projectors will be more popular if not for everyone moving on archivation projects.
This isn't a complete shutdown of the Flash platform, it is an end of (security) maintenance from Adobe and therefore end of support from any browser that feels like doing it despite not being forced to for reasons, usually the major ones. Whatever it be in any case, I also hope AG will be kind enough to release multi-asset/in-game-online-downloadable game content (stuff that is offline-salvageable but not normally), like all the custom user levels from certain level editor-featured games. I could say for myself I'll be longing for continuation because we're not just some kids on school computers, we're willing to change those simplicity browsers.
However, I wonder if it will be possible to use old browser versions and old Flash versions to still run the games, of course though that comes at a high security risk for the user and probably shouldn't be done, but still would allow access to them.
Because if it's the latter, shouldn't the old games continue working, at least for a while? I probably don't have that completely technically correct, but what I'm getting at is Flash isn't necessary anymore and the transition in preparation, for the end of Flash, has already been happening for quite some time both here, at Kongregate, and probably other major browser gaming websites. Most new games are something like HTML5, HTML5 with Javascript, or some WebGL export from Unity that runs in HTML5(?). I understand OP is talking about the old games and not the newer games, which mostly don't use Flash, but I suppose for anyone else reading, almost all newer games are no longer Flash already.
#What will happen to flash games software
I'm guessing Adobe will no longer release Flash updates and will no longer host it on their website (it'd probably look bad to host unsupported software that can cause security issues). I'm guessing that all major browsers will completely stop supporting Flash, meaning that it won't just be shut off by default, but that it will completely be removed and incompatible. I probably don't have that completely technically correct, but what I'm getting at is Flash isn't necessary anymore and the transition in preparation, for the end of Flash, has already been happening for quite some time both here, at Kongregate, and probably other major browser gaming websites.īecause if it's the latter, shouldn't the old games continue working, at least for a while?