Issue #502: js13kGames, sparklehedron, and Rogule

Issue #502 - August 18th 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:

I created the nerdiest game ever
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an OS?
Pier-Luc Brault's blog

Take-Two shuts down AI GTA 5 mod
The mod was removed in response to copyright claims.
Sophie McEvoy at GamesIndustryBiz

Zynga unveils Sugartown as its first Web3 game
With this release, Zynga becomes the first major mobile game developer to create a Web3 game from scratch.
Dean Takahashi at GamesBeat

Darkwood studio releases new game's alpha then promptly says it's going on hiatus but may return 'in 5-10 years when we get our s*** together'
These are the legends who released their own game on The Pirate Bay.
Rich Stanton at PC Gamer

With new Game Controller app, Netflix games move from mobile to the TV
The streamer promises you'll be able to use it to play games on your TV soon.
Samuel Axon at Ars Technica
 

Tutorials:

Create amazing pixel art monsters – GIMP pixel art tutorial
We will walk you through the process of creating your own pixel art monsters using GIMP – a cube slime, and a ghoul.
Zenva Academy
 

Competitions:

js13kGames 2023 has started!
 

Tools:

Infinigen - infinite photorealistic worlds using procedural generation
 

Resources:

Quake II rerelease game source
 

Demos:

Sparklehedron extra fancy

Satisfying curly cursor

Rainbow ball of death but beefy
 

Videos:

LittleJS Breakout tutorial
 

Games:

Rogule - a dungeon a day keeps the Balrog away

Paddle Flap made with Phaser is on Steam