Issue #444: Platformer Toolkit, box having a party, and PowerPoint challenge

Issue #444 - July 8th 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:

Someone reportedly bought up $40k of stock to ask Nintendo about F-Zero
Nintendo president says he's ‘grateful’ for the enthusiasm, but there are currently no plans for more F-Zero.
Zack Zwiezen at Kotaku

The Epic Games Store will use randomized ratings to curb review bombing
The storefront will also use random polls to help with curation and discoverability.
Chris Kerr at Game Developer

Posting your game on social media shouldn't cost you your mental health
This post is in response to a statement I posted on twitter about a game I work on.
IndieGameJoe at Reddit

Quantum games and interactive tools for quantum technologies outreach and education
We provide an extensive overview of a wide range of quantum games and interactive tools that have been employed by the quantum community in recent years.
Various authors at Spie Digital Library

Diablo Immortal shows self-regulation is a failure in the games industry
The games industry has a history of championing self-regulation. But its refusal to address predatory microtransactions could be its undoing.
Trone Dowd at Vice
 

Tutorials:

Continuous collision detection between a moving circle and a lot of other static circles – complete example
To determine the path I used a recursive function which tries to move the circle for the entire velocity.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

Best XR tutorials – learn VR, AR, and MR
We’ve gathered some of the best VR tutorials, best AR tutorials, and best mixed reality tutorials to help you get started.
Lindsay Schardon at GameDev Academy
 

Events:

React Brussels by BeJS happening October 14th
 

Tools:

Platformer Toolkit by GMTK

Bun - a fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
 

Demos:

Box having a party

Infinite city motion

ASCII wave form collapse
 

Videos:

24 hour PowerPoint game dev challenge
 

Games:

Hop Warp

Dwarf Workday