HTML5 Games Platform Spaceport.io announces some team members to join Facebook

Beijing Time April 24 news, according to foreign media reports, HTML5 game platform Spaceport.io just announced that some members of the team will join Facebook. The news was confirmed by Facebook.

But Spaceport.io will not shut down and continue to operate under the leadership of co-founder Peter Reyland Peter Relan and its entrepreneurial incubator Youweb team.

The Spaceport.io team, including Ben Savitch Ben Savage, will help Facebook and its third party developers develop a better cross-platform mobile experience. "The Savage and Spaceport.io teams are talented mobile engineers," Facebook said. We expect the two sides to jointly develop products that users like. ”

Spaceport.io was created jointly by Raylan and Savage, raising $3 million from the BBC CSM and Youweb last April.

Spaceport.io's technology allows game developers to exploit JavaScript to develop games that run on all smartphone operating systems, providing users with experiences and faster speeds that are similar to native applications.

Developers will still be able to use the Spaceport.io platform to develop games. Early adopters of the Spaceport.io platform included Nickelodeon, the social game giant Crowdstar.

Facebook released the HTML5 gaming platform at the end of 2011, but not very attractive to developers. Developers are more likely to develop native applications that directly access the hardware of mobile devices and provide a better image experience. Spaceport.io will help Facebook improve the platform.

In addition, the Spaceport.io team will use HTML5 technology to help Facebook migrate its native apps to the mobile web. Facebook initially favoured HTML5, but later realised that the HTML5 application was running too slow and turned to developing native apps. With Spaceport.io technology, Facebook can quickly develop mobile products and avoid being overtaken by startups that are more flexible and move to the top of the strategy.