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I am evaluating ImpactJS. So far I am really impressed. The few sample games I've seen are great.

There are two things I am not sure about. Would it be possible to have in-game text editor to allow a player to write text directly in-game? Such as their name?

In general is it possible to have any custom div displayed in game? Such as for example ad displayed on bottom of the game or additional graphic generated by three.js?

Many thanks!

In general is it possible to have any custom div displayed in game? Such as for example ad displayed on bottom of the game or additional graphic generated by three.js?

Impact runs entirely in a canvas element. If you integrate that canvas element in a webpage, you can probably do what you want with it. However, if you port it with Ejecta to the iPhone, there is no web browser, but only the canvas element.

Ads shouldn't be a problem and there's even a library in Ejecta for it.

Three.js: Not sure if you can use it directly within the game. Probably needs heavy adjustments. As an extra layer in your browser: No problem.

Would it be possible to have in-game text editor to allow a player to write text directly in-game?

You can do UI although it's not a feature of Impact by itself. Depends again on the scope of your project.

Thanks a lot for a quick reply. Do you know if extra divs would be possible in embedded browsers, such as steam games? I've looked at TideSDK/TideKit, not sure if they have any limitations.

I think I am going to give it a go with ImpactJS :)