Issue #438: piano keyboard, snowflake generator, and Goodnight

Issue #438 - May 27th 2022

If you have anything you want to share with the HTML5 game development community please let me know by sending an email to andrzej.mazur@end3r.com.
I'm also open for related sponsorship opportunities and job listings.
 

Articles:

Simulation of the 1972 Atari game Pong at a circuit level
It was a circuit, implemented mostly using digital logic chips, with a few timers and other analog components.
Paul Falstad's blog

Marvel MMO cancelled before we ever got to see it
This is somehow the second time the same company has had a Marvel MMO cancelled.
Luke Plunkett at Kotaku

Apex Legends Mobile generates almost $5m in first week
Portable version of Respawn's battle royale launched May 17.
Danielle Partis at GamesIndustryBiz

Are we on the verge of an 8K resolution breakthrough in gaming?
Studies show extremely diminishing returns from pushing out even more pixels.
Kyle Orland at Ars Technica

Return to Monkey Island’s art director talks inspirations and expectations
Rex Crowle is serving as art director for Return to Monkey Island, the revival of the classic, pirate-themed adventure game series.
Mike Minotti at GamesBeat
 

Tutorials:

Building an animated piano keyboard with JavaScript and MIDI
How I built a simple on-screen keyboard for my jazz piano tutorial website JazzKeys.
Jamie On Keys

A guide to UV mapping – Blender tutorial
In this lesson, we’re going to see how to map our texture onto our object in Blender.
Prakash Gautam at GameDev Academy
 

Competitions:

Announcing GoGodotJam 3
 

Resources:

Sema has just published a white paper on why code reviews matter and how to integrate them effectively into your team and organization. You can read the white paper here.

Demos:

Snowflake generator

Paper airplane

Be fly
 

Videos:

How to make a game in GDevelop: adding enemies, part 2
 

Games:

Goodnight