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bitsy @bitsy8/13/2023, 12:26 AM

adam le doux @ldx

Internet Janitor @internet-janitor8/13/2023, 12:00 AM

Do you like tools for making interactive media like Decker, Bitsy, Twine, or PuzzleScript? Something these all have in common is their ability to export to HTML, making a single-file self-contained program that can run anywhere a reasonably modern web browser is available.

There are many fine places online to host such an HTML file, like neocities or itch.io, but in most cases this is a fairly involved process which is best suited to complex, polished "finished products". What about the simple, silly, and unpolished works- the sketches, drafts, proof-of-concepts, off-the-cuff jokes and shitposts? A napkin scribble may not belong in a museum or portfolio, but it's still often worth sharing!

I would love to see a future version of Cohost that made it as easy to share a microgame based on an idea that just popped into your head as it is to share images, animations, prose, and audio. CSS crimes are fun and exciting- let's imagine a world where iframe crimes are at your fingertips, and an open-ended universe of tools for manufacturing those crimes is available for creators of every skill level and degree of technical expertise.

If you want to live in that world, please consider showing your support for this request on Cohost's feature request forum!

#decker #bitsy #twine #puzzlescript

bitsy @bitsy8/13/2023, 12:26 AM

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colin @vogon8/13/2023, 12:38 AM

fwiw, @easrng made a tool she calls chiframes which circumvents our block on iframe by using a custom tumblr theme to trick iframely into serving arbitrary HTML. (she even worked with us to add a per-domain embed consent click-through!) we're not opposed to building HTML embeds directly into the site in principle, but it does add a lot of potential attack surface so it's an expensive work item for us to take on and we haven't gotten around to it yet.

Internet Janitor @internet-janitor8/13/2023, 1:02 AM

Chiframes are certainly useful, a neat hack, and an excellent demonstration of the sorts of things people might use a first-class embedding feature for. The main downside is that it still requires users to find some other place to host their media.

The central thrust of my argument here is that fewer barriers to sharing will enable and encourage sharing smaller, more ephemeral stuff, in a way that no other social media site has even remotely attempted.

edit: another thing that would be nice about a first-class feature is it would be relatively straightforward to make the .html thingamabobs downloadable, just like you folks did for audio. This is great for digital preservation, as well as for .html exports that are hackable or remixable in some way, like Decker decks.

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