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Well you could make a web game that uses the DOM but you could be having issues with the UI not rendering the same on different platforms. Otherwise I think most games uses the canvas.

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On this topic: has anyone seen a web game with anything beyond a rudimentary UI that’s in canvas?

For RPG inventory menus and management I love putting DOM on top of my canvas frame. I’m not sure I’ve seen any good examples of rich UIs in canvas, though I’m sure some exist.

Check out shapez.io. It has an full rpg/builder UI (I think in canvas), and the full code is up on github.

Oooh thanks. A full RPG UI builder has got my attention!

I’ll check it out when I’m at work as their website just says that there’s no mobile support. :/

Full builder game w ui, not ui builder :D

I think an example would be the famous 2D Action RPG CrossCode [0] which is a game that was made using the canvas alone [1]. I doubt that the UI in that game is made using the DOM.

0 : https://store.steampowered.com/app/368340/CrossCode/ 1 : https://steamcommunity.com/app/368340/discussions/0/12918172...

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