Building Age of Empires 2 in React

React Advanced

React Advanced 2022

Joe Hart

React Advanced 2025

<p>The original Final Fantasy IX was a masterclass in creative constraint – pushing the PlayStation’s hardware to its limits with tricks like pre-rendered backgrounds and low-res models. In this talk, Joe Hart recreates the magic in React, diving into WebGL, canvas positioning, and CSS hacks that should probably be illegal. It’s part love letter to retro games, part deep dive into browser APIs, and part performance art.</p>

Final Fantasy IX in React: Fighting the Browser, One Frame at a Time

<p>How better to learn about the capabilities of a technology than to do something it was expressly not designed for? What can we learn about the square peg as we mercilessly shove it into the triangular hole? In an attempt to rebuild Age of Empires 2 using React we'll learn about the limitations and possibilities of the tool we use everyday.</p>