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Inside Swiff: An Interview with NaviVani on Bringing Flash Games Back to Android (gardinerbryant.com)
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I had the luck to stumble across Swiff recently, a project that brings Flash games back to modern Android devices, and its developer NaviVani was kind enough to let me interview her for both this piece and an upcoming article.

Swiff is a really interesting project for anyone who grew up with Flash games, but also for those who never got to experience that super weird but also super creative era of the internet. In my interview, we talk about NaviVani's own history with Flash games, the challenges of preserving and running them today, the retro handheld community, her love of the RG Rotate, and where she hopes to take Swiff in the future.

If you have any fond memories of Flash games, or just want to discover some of what the old web had to offer, I think you'll enjoy this one :)

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[–] 3 points 2 days ago

Wild, you've never used Flash? That makes me feel old.

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    [–] 8 points 2 days ago

    Warms my heart that people are still playing & porting flash games. I was one of the people helping out with the Flashpoint project, submitting Flash games and testing the ones in the archive. Having them on Android devices sounds very cool.

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    [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    Great read and thanks a lot for sharing! I'm a huge fan of Flashpoint so it's great to find an android app that makes this possible. Really appreciate it :).

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