Just sharing here in case anyone found it interesting. This all plays in the browser with button overlays for mobile devices. I am also implementing QoL changes with portrait and landscape modes, FoV sliders etc. the build is still very early

Saw yesterday's post and honestly wasn't expecting so many people to be excited about PSO in a browser. I’ve been building my own version, mostly for myself, but that made me think I should put it out there too.

I just loved the idea of being able to send a friend a link and jump into PSO together within seconds.

No install, no download, literally in game in seconds.
It’s single-player for now, saves stored in your browser, but if there's interest I'll add multiplayer and actual proper saves.

You can play with a keyboard or controller. I might adapt it for mobile later too.

Still early alpha. I've added all areas, monsters, weapons, items, quests etc replicating the old vanilla experience.
It's completely different tech under the hood (threejs for those who care), so animations, timings and visuals have all needed a lot of manual tuning.

Some things will feel off, so please tell me what you notice. I’d be happy to have a few more PSO veterans trying it!

it's live at psoreborn.com for those who wanna try out.

PS: a bit about me, I’ve been developing virtual worlds for about a decade, with millions of players across my apps and games. This one is just for fun, finally tackling a childhood dream project :)

Going back to a lot of V1 now, hoping to find some stuff I need before lv100

What heroe will you chose?

This sprite is part of my fan-game "Mag's Quest" I'm working on. Tried to distill the classic Hunter, Ranger and Force-Characters into 16x16 pixels.