2 trine 04.11.2014 porting to emscripten by turo lamminen and tuomas n rv inen from alternative games you can find this article also from mozilla hacks emscripten is an open source compiler that compiles c c source code into the highly optimizable asm.js subset of javascript . this enables running programs originally written for desktop environments in a web browser . porting your game to emscripten offers several benefits . most importantly it enables reaching a far wider potential user base . emscripten games work on any modern web browser . there is no need for installers or setups the user just opens a web page . local storage of game data in browser cache means the game only needs to be re downloaded after updates . if you implement a cloud based user data storage system users can continue their gameplay seamlessly on any computer with a browser . read more 28.03.2014 welcome to our new website we have opened a new website to better provide information about our ports and work . you can find what we have done and sometimes maybe also what we are going to do in the near future . we are also planning to open a blog to provide some key information about our ongoing development and updates of opensource tools relevant to our porting work . alternative games ltd. 2010 2014 info at alternativegames.net