Comment by jb1991
3 days ago
The product itself still exists as Adobe Animate, I think (or one of the Adobe CC tools). It's just as good or better than it ever was, with the same workflow. But instead of exporting to SWF now people just export to video and share it on video platforms. Lots of great stuff still being done with it on Youtube.
Exporting to video does solve some portion of the use cases (i.e., early South Park), but the power of interactivity is what captivated me.
But flash was interactive, videos are not. I miss the days kongregate had a bunch of new fun games regularly.
I suppose itch.io fills that niche now.