Hello guys.
I would was wondering about playing my game directly on my chromecast.
I have been testing some very funny and lightweight games listed under “other devices” category on play store.
You can donwload and install those games on a very ease way directly on chormecast and play them using some bt controll.
Im thinking this could be a very nice platform for our Babylonjs created games.
After asking for some advice to IA , it points me a very straightforward way to achieve it , but I would like your opinion about it.
Is there any game based on babylonjs ready to try on chromecast ?
BTW … I dont want to play it from the browser, I would like to properly upload on playstore.
Thanks.
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Never heard of this in the past but I love the idea !!!
yes … it is a good idea.
I have been playing some simple games with my kid.
You can use a cheap bluethoot gamepad and have a great experience, there some really nice games such as xenowerk for instance.
Unfortunately the game I created does not run smoothly on my chromecast device.
It does run great on my android smarthphone though.
So … i will investigate a little bit more about it.
Leandro.
Bubblewrap is the tool for this — wraps your web app into a proper APK via Trusted Web Activity, no native code needed. The bit worth knowing before you commit: BabylonJS in an Android WebView can underperform compared to Chrome, and Chromecast hardware isn’t exactly beefy, so test on the actual device early. More on the TV-specific packaging steps here: BabylonJS on Chromecast: How to Package and Publish Your Web Game to the Play Store - Crit & Craft
thanks for your words @jleonard ,
A read your article , and have following questions.
Do you have something availble to try on playstore ?
Yo mentioned 2 more methods to take the game into android device besides bubblewrap:
Do you have any performance feedback about them ?
Is it wortly to try ?
Regards.