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this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2026
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If Anon misses flash, Anon should look into Flashpoint and Ruffle.
I tried to become a flash developer back then 😞
What's Plant's vs Zombies doing there? That was a post-iPhone game
That was a flash game if I remember correctly. It was just ported to everything
I was working as a flash developer when they killed it. I was definitely not on board haha. I had to pivot my whole career but I learned such a valuable lesson.
Flash was the tool that really made programming click for me. It was easy to pick up but hard to master and I spent so much time learning how to write all kinds of code patterns
one of the fastest way to get computer AIDS. But yeah, we alla missed it
There are plenty of other places to play games online still, Like Pico-8
The last line I don't remember being true. Pretty much everybody were pissed that flash was canceled. I sure as shit was. Still go to ferryhalim.com/orisinal/ to play his old flash games. He managed to make them work again after flash was discontinued. I was so happy because I love his games and their atmosphere.
Also loved the Bitey animations with the little pan who runs around being a total asshole to animals in this weird fantasy world.
I dunno why this anon thinks that millennials were celebrating the downfall of flash. We really didn't. We just didn't have any power to save it.
Fancy Pants, Falling Sand, various stick fighting games, Whack Your Boss, moto trials games, Punk-O-Matic, Line Rider, etc etc
Gooooood times
Awe man, I couldn't afford a console or PC until I was an adult, so these are the video games I'm nostalgic for. Plus the local 2-player games where you share a keyboard! Boxhead, Fireboy & Watergirl, etc
Does anyone know the name of the game that features that particular 4 coloured ball under "Anonymous" in the image? I remember that ball very well, but I can't find the game.
Even more annoying is when some of those games were garbage but they ended up being turned into phone microtransaction hell or overpriced Steam games anyway.
Nothing has really changed on this front. Nothing is stopping you from making and playing flash games, and flash itself is just as vulnerable now as when it was still supported. The only thing that's really different is that dropping support seemed like a good excuse to massively shift culture away from it all.
TAKE ME BACK 😭