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Hey, Haroldo. So, I've been wondering if you could somehow just make a  web-based tool that wraps Pocket Platformer HTML files into an Electron app.

I wish I could do it myself, but as of right now, I'm kinda stuck with my experimental fork of Pocket Platformer itself...and I have very little JavaScript experience. Sorry.

Thanks in advance. I also apologize for asking this in here; I just don't know where else to contact you. :(

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Hello; it looks like the easiest way to do that at the moment would be to use Nativifier:

https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier

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I remember looking at this. It's such a shame that it's no longer maintained because it would be handy for some people for that do not want to dig into Electron.

Though, perhaps someone could make a new wrapper thing someday.

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Yes right now, it is the simplest way to turn a page into an Electron executable.

It still requires a bit of installation; the only way I imagine to make it even simpler would be if the tool was made into a self-contained distribution that wouldn't require installation, or if it was made into a web app where one would upload a zip with the page they wish to package, and it would return an Electron-based distribution.

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Yeah. I might look into it at a later time when I do have a game made.
On the topic of Pocket Platformer, I don't know if you already know this (which I think you already do), but the latest update now have not only base64 audio, but also images as well. I don't know how well Nativifier would handle a single exported HTML file of a Pocket Platformer game with base64 code, but I'm sure not much will break in terms of compatibility and stuff.