On: Show HN: MMORPG in 55KB of Javascript

[fekberg]

Out of curiosity, How much larger would this likely become if you converted this to something 3D using WebGL?

[Ellipsis753 → fekberg]

I would think it depends. If you mean to remake it all in stunning 3d HD then a lot larger. If you leave it really blocky (but 3d) then perhaps not that much...

[kayoone → fekberg]

depends on the textures mostly, also hed need to write his own (simple) 3d engine which will require lots of boilerplate. If hed use something like Three.js, that alone would be more than the size of the game currently i guess.

[newobj → fekberg]

Why do you assume it would become larger?

[chad_oliver → newobj]

He didn't. Negative numbers have been around for millenia.

[fekberg → newobj]

Good question. How much larger/smaller would it become? I just figured doing 3D requires more code and that would end up making it larger.