Fish pond, Rivalis, and In the Hall of the Gear Machines

Articles

Vampire Survivors dev 'reviewing' Fortnite collab after Epic's AI announcement
Poncle voiced its doubts mere hours after the collaboration's announcement.
Diego Argüello at Game Developer

Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
Jeremy Hsu at Ars Technica

Steam Controller demand is so high that new reservations won't be fulfilled until 2027
The queue system has been tweaked to give more useful shipping estimations, but they're not encouraging.
Shaun Prescott at PC Gamer

Tutorials

Fish pond workshop with PixiJS
We are going to build a virtual pond and fill them with a number of colorful fishes. In the process, we will be learning about basic manipulation of Sprites, TilingSprite and Filter, specifically the Displacement Filter.
PixiJS Tutorials

Competitions

Countdown to js13kGames 2026

Tools

Do new players understand your onboarding?
Get fresh playtests from real players and see whether your tutorial, controls, first minutes, and core mechanics actually make sense before you launch.

Rivalis - open-source real-time framework for Node.js

Phaser 4.2.0 released: Mesh2D, Stencil Rendering and AlphaStrategy

Demos

Mediterranean drift

Sub-quantum cellular automata

Dweet of the week: untitled

Videos

Chong-U: vibe coding an entire Street Fighter game with AI (Cursor, Codex, Opus 4.8)

The PrimeTime: the craziest coding contest ever

Games

In the Hall of the Gear Machines

Draft Punks

Orb Knight