ZzFXM, potato DOOM, and Tiny Tomb

Articles

ZzFXM - a tiny JavaScipt music generator
ZzFXM is a tiny music generator designed for size-limited JavaScript productions. It’s built on the equally tiny ZzFX sound library, by Frank Force.
Keith Clark's blog

Speedrunner beats Baldur's Gate 3's early access version in 7 minutes
Using the “Jump” transmutation spell, which temporarily triples characters’ jump distances, he soars through the entire game in 30-foot bursts.
Nathan Grayson at Kotaku

Ninja vs EVILCORP postmortem
After chasing the symbolical first place for seven years, Ninja vs EVILCORP did unexpectedly well, and I now feel obligated to share some of the things I learnt along the way.
Rémi Vansteelandt's blog

Cloud gaming’s history of false starts and promising reboots
From OnLive to Google Stadia, the cloud gaming trend has had a wild ride in the video game industry.
JP Mangalindan at Polygon

Summer video game reveals showed record number of female protagonists
But Feminist Frenquency's annual analysis warns this may be a "one-off statistical anomaly".
James Batchelor at GamesIndustryBiz

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Tutorials

Command pattern to undo player actions
Add undo functionality and improve existing code by using the command pattern.
Tommy Leung at Ourcade

Animating sprite sheets with JavaScript
Let's look at animating a sprite sheet, on an HTML5 canvas, using JavaScript.
Martin Himmel at DevTo

Ballz prototype built with Phaser 3 now features predictive trajectory
I really wanted to add a predictive trajectory, but it wasn’t that easy.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

Competitions

js13kGames 2020: top games from given criteria

Tools

Phaser 3 dev log October 2020

It’s time for a new dimension – Cocos Creator 3.0 tech preview

Resources

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Untangle: Christmas Lights game template

Demos

Stylized crystal shader

Breathe

Videos

How many potatoes does it take to run DOOM?

Games

Tiny Tomb