Preparations to @GamedevJS Jam 2025 started with good progress, we’ve shipped @js13kGames 2024 t-shirts with all the gadgets, and I had my GitHub Star status renewed for another year, so it was a good month.
Preparations to @GamedevJS Jam 2025 started with good progress, we’ve shipped @js13kGames 2024 t-shirts with all the gadgets, and I had my GitHub Star status renewed for another year, so it was a good month.
#JS13K 2024 swag with t-shirts and gadgets is shipped!
https://dev.to/js13kgames/js13kgames-2024-swag-with-t-shirts-and-gadgets-is-shipped-495d
Win TEN Pyxel Edit pixel art editor licenses from Daniel Kvarfordt in #GamedevJS Jam 2025!
Win TEN WebStorm IDE commercial licenses by JetBrains for 12 months each in #GamedevJS Jam 2025!
Issue #582 of Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter about Phaser Launcher, DOOM in TypeScript types, and A Prison for Dreams is out - go check it!
Brand new game from Jani Nykänen, A Prison for Dreams, is a #2D #pixelart #metroidvania #platformer #adventure where you play as an anonymous hero who... wakes up in a graveyard.
https://gamedevjs.com/games/a-prison-for-dreams-pixelart-metroidvania-platformer/
Win FIVE licenses of Jsfxr Pro Solo retro 8-bit sound effects generator by Chris McCormick for LIFE in #GamedevJS Jam 2025!
This year’s edition of the React Paris conference will be happening on March 20th-21st – same as last year we’re partnering with the event and offering you a 20% ticket discount.
https://gamedevjs.com/events/react-paris-2025-discount-code/
Win TEN Vampire Survivors bundle licenses (game with all FIVE DLCs each) from Poncle in #GamedevJS Jam 2025!
The new 0.16 version of the open source Node.js multiplayer framework, #Colyseus, is introducing #StateView, experimental support for #WebTransport, and more.
The newly released Phaser Launcher is a free Windows and MacOS application offering all the tools to quickly start building games with Phaser:
https://gamedevjs.com/tools/phaser-launcher-free-app-to-quickly-create-phaser-games/
Issue #581 of Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter about finishing your dream project, Arnis, and The Supernatural Power Troll is out - go check it!
Jack Le Hamster, who runs Dobuki Studio, released his Gamedev.js Jam 2024 entry The Supernatural Power Troll a few months later as a full game on Steam.
https://gamedevjs.com/games/the-supernatural-power-troll-from-gamedev-js-jam-to-steam/
Ray Browser built for web gaming gets $6.5m investment
https://gamedevjs.com/tools/ray-browser-built-for-gaming-gets-6-5m-investment/
We're incredibly happy to have OP Guild as a Platinum Partner in #GamedevJS Jam 2025!
Stone Fruit Games published Word Rummy, a game built with Phaser, which can be played directly on Discord.
https://gamedevjs.com/games/word-rummy-new-game-exploring-discord-activities/
Curvelicious is a fast paced local-multiplayer game that gives the classic snake a fun twist.
https://gamedevjs.com/games/curvelicious-a-local-multiplayer-snake-game/
Issue #580 of Gamedev.js Weekly newsletter about #GamedevJS Jam 2025 countdown, procedural forest terrain, and RetroSki is out - go check it!
In two months from now the sixth edition of #GamedevJS Jam will happen – you’ll have thirteen days between April 13th and 26th 2025 to create a web game on a given theme. We’ll have plenty of #gamedev prizes to win and challenges to pick from.
https://gamedevjs.com/competitions/countdown-to-gamedev-js-jam-2025-and-call-for-partners/
Explore randomly generated alpine tracks in RetroSki – a fast-paced, retro-style 2D skiing game created by Mathieu Hermann.
https://gamedevjs.com/games/retroski-skill-based-2d-retro-skiing-game/