SpriteStack, Kiss The Sky, and SweetXheart

Articles

Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open this May in California, August in Florida
Themed lands will open with Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, but without Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
Charlie Hall at Polygon

Tetris is now a battle royale game with Tetris 99
Only one puzzle genius can win.
Julia Alexander at The Verge

What is it like working at a company during and after the release of a negatively received game?
I've personally never worked in the gaming sector, so I've always been curious.
Dingaling015 at Reddit

Nintendo does VR now, again
This is the first major foray into VR for the company since the 1995 Virtual Boy.
Alex Cranz at Gizmodo

Blizzard is selling the original Diablo on GOG, not Battle.net
This makes the PC classic available via digital distribution for the first time.
Mike Minotti at VentureBeat

Jobs

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Tutorials

The basics behind Fling Unity game built in HTML5 with Phaser and Matter.js
2D platforming game with Grappling Hook as the only way to move, similar to my Mickey Hooks prototype. Something very similar to the Ninja Rope used in Worms game series.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

How to build an endless runner game in virtual reality (part 1)
This article series aims to introduce more VR concepts in the context of building a game.
Alvin Wan at Smashing Magazine

Tools

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SpriteStack.io, a 3D pixelart editor based on sprite stacking technique

Demos

Kiss The Sky

Minesweeper

CSS LEGO minifigure maker

Games

SweetXheart