Canvas2D 3D Renderer Comparison

For teams comparing 2D canvas stage tooling with browser-side 3D scenes, EASEL.js targets CPU rasterization, scanline fill, CPU depth tests for opaque fragments, and Canvas2D output without WebGL.

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What changes if you switch?

Instead of sprites and a retained-mode 2D stage, you work with Scene, Mesh, Camera, Material, and Geometry.

The output stays in Canvas2D, but the pipeline is a CPU rasterizer built for polygons, affine UV mapping, flat or Gouraud shading, and software-rendered 3D scenes.

THREE.js-style scene graph API
Canvas2D framebuffer upload, no WebGL
Examples with side-by-side EASEL.js and THREE.js code

Who this is for

EASEL.js fits projects building retro 3D scenes, CPU-rendered Canvas effects, or constrained rendering tools in the browser.

Retro rendering and RuneTek-style constraints
CPU Canvas rendering pipelines
Canvas-native 3D scenes

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