Issue #526: Automation game performance, Labyrinthos, and FireDEV

Issue #526 - February 2nd 2024

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:

Disney is working on a VR treadmill that supports multiple users
Called HoloTile, the unique device is composed of individual ’tiles’ that rotate and change pitch to accommodate to a user’s stride in order to simulate walking in any given direction.
Scott Hayden at RoadToVR

Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and there’s a lot planned for it
It started with "a new line of miniatures rules" and became a global phenomenon.
Kevin Purdy at Ars Technica

Video games can teach us more about philosophy than books – if only they’d dare
Genuine moral dilemmas are frustratingly rare in gaming – change that, and we could learn more about ourselves than any book might teach us.
Dominik Diamond at The Guardian

If Hollywood adapts more games, developers deserve a cut
The 2024 GDC State of the Industry report indicates one quarter of triple-A developers are seeing their games adapted for film or television. Will the workers reap the rewards?
Bryant Francis at Game Developer
 

Tutorials:

Squeezing last bit of JavaScript performance for my automation game
Industry Idle is a factory automation and economy simulation game. The main performance issue I ran into is actually on the rendering side, which is surprising given its minimalist graphics.
Ruoyu Sun's blog

Build a HTML5 game like Watermelon Game using Phaser and Box2D powered by Planck.js
Step 1: the basic game mechanics.
Emanuele Feronato's blog
 

Tools:

Labyrinthos.js - JavaScript procedural generator for mazes, terrains, and biomes

PlayCanvas v1.68 released

GodotOS - fake operating system interface made in Godot
 

Demos:

Torus emitter

Radial chimes

Dweet of the week: signed distance functions
 

Videos:

FireDEV - Andrzej Mazur: Creator of the js13kGames competition and HTML5 Game Developer

FireDEV - Remí Vansteelandt: Winner of js13kGames 2023, how I won, how I publish games on Steam

FireDEV - Ewa Mazur: Enclave Games Graphic Designer and js13kGames judge, what makes a good game?
 

Games:

Orbit Jump