Issue #469: Learn to Code RPG, Verlet physics, and Six Cats Under

Issue #469 - December 30th 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:

Leaker posts an early, canceled 2D version of the infamous Duke Nukem Forever
The game's long, convoluted history gets longer and more convoluted.
Andrew Cunningham at Ars Technica

So, so many Vampire Survivors clones came out this year
If you were bitten by the "auto-attacking roguelite shooter with increasingly ridiculous power-ups" genre bug this year, your cup runneth over.
Wes Fenlon at PC Gamer

Smash director Sakurai says he is "semi-retired" from game development
Sakurai's time at Nintendo and game development may be winding down.
Justin Carter at Game Developer

Fortnite video game maker to pay $520m over privacy and billing claims
Epic Games agrees with FTC to pay $275m fine for collecting data on children and refund customers $245m for deceptive practices.
Associated Press at The Guardian
 

Tutorials:

Learn to Code RPG version 1.5 is now playable with hours of new gameplay
An interactive visual novel game where you will teach yourself to code, make friends in the tech industry, and pursue your dream of working as a developer.
Lynn Zheng at freeCodeCamp
 

Tools:

Womp - a new way to 3D
 

Demos:

Verlet physics

Voronoi tessellation

ZigZag striped cube
 

Games:

Six Cats Under

Conveyor Lines