W3C update, PencilJS, and Plane trails

Articles

W3C status update on Web Games technologies
Less than 6 months after the workshop, thanks to the efforts of workshop participants and a few others, most of the topics have already made significant progress.
François Daoust at W3C blog

Facebook acquires Beat Saber studio Beat Games
Beat Games is joining Oculus Studios as an independently operated team.
Scott Hayden at Road To VR

Go game master quits saying machines 'cannot be defeated'
Lee Se-dol retires from Chinese strategy game after playing against Google algorithm.
Agence France-Presse in Seoul at The Guardian

Russian cows fitted with virtual-reality headsets
The farmers worked with developers and veterinarians, and relied on cattle-vision research, to “create unique software simulating a summer field.”
The Moscow Times

The $0 marketing game guide
Unpacking some marketing strategies our indie studio has used for over 3 profitable games — and counting.
Victoria Tran at Kitfox Games

Loneliness is fatal, video games can keep men alive
Guys say their gaming friendships are as "real" as any IRL bonds.
Sean O'Neal at Men's Health

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Tutorials

Build fake 3D HTML5 games with Phaser, Arcade physics, Three.js and Phaser 3D
A sort of fake 3D effect which sometimes is called 2.5D. A two dimensional world rendered in three dimensions.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

Tools

Pencil.js, a browser drawing library, now support Sprites

LegraJS - drawing Lego brick graphics on Canvas

Resources

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Demos

Single div CSS Tesla Cybertruck

Plane trails

Games

Beautiful Bricks