Issue #493: Streets-GL, musical hedron, and Dice Merge

Issue #493 - June 16th 2023

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:

One-person company that makes League of Legends stat tool gets $55M buyout
A website, a plug-in, an API, and an endlessly stat-hungry audience.
Kevin Purdy at Ars Technica

Danish studio Kiloo Games lays off staff before July closure
The developer behind Frisbee Forever 2 and Stormblades will be closing its doors after 23 years.
Justin Carter at Game Developer

Twitch enrages streamers again with convoluted new revenue share program
The Amazon-owned streaming platform announces Partner Plus.
Ethan Gach at Kotaku

Xbox and PlayStation disagree on the future of the forever game
Phil Spencer thinks Game Pass allows for a more relaxed approach. Is he right?
Oli Welsh at Polygon
 

Tutorials:

Down the Mountain updated to Phaser 3.60 using TypeScript and classes
This post covers the conversion of the script published earlier, when I introduced a fake 3D movement using Bezier curves.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

How to learn game design for free on YouTube – best video courses
Learning game design is an exciting and rewarding journey that can lead to a fulfilling career in the gaming industry.
Gamedev Academy
 

Tools:

Streets-GL - OpenStreetMap 3D renderer powered by WebGL2

Phaser Plus - unofficial Phaser extensions
 

Demos:

Musical hedron II

Noise dynamic minecraft-like terrain generation

Shader practice #19
 

Videos:

Shooting through walls: unraveling the code behind Quake's lightning gun bug
 

Games:

Dice Merge

Mystery Mansion