Issue #544 - June 7th 2024

Weekly newsletter about Web Game Development.
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Articles:

Do Steam players like hard games or approachable games?
Steam players like complexity, but do they like difficulty? Ironically they don’t like difficulty, mostly. I would say they like games that are Easy-Hard-Easy.
Zukalous at How To Market A Game

AI characters try figure out who is the human in VR
Reverse Turing test: can the AI NPCs figure out who is the human?
S999k at Reddit

30 years later, Tamagotchi player discovers in-game secret
Twin characters from a special Mothra-themed Tamagotchi were successfully unlocked by a determined fan.
Alyssa Mercante at Kotaku

Discord’s next chapter
A message from our CEO about the next chapter of Discord, how we’re building an even faster, more powerful app to take us there, and a new look to match where we’re headed.
Jason Citron at Discord's blog
 

Tutorials:

Code a Kirby clone with TypeScript and Kaboom.js
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds optional static typing and other features to improve the development experience.
Beau Carnes at freeCodeCamp

Modern JavaScript with no boring theory – loops
The goal is to create a very quick guide that users can refer to when engaged in more complicated tutorials, or even just to get the basics of JavaScript.
Emanuele Feronato's blog
 

Events:

JavaScript Minigames at ReactNext 2024
 

Tools:

Spine 4.2: the physics revolution

Defold release 1.8.1

What's coming to GameMaker in 2024
 

Demos:

CRT shader demo

Raylib game template demo

Dweet of the week: small sphere
 

Games:

PowerLess Hotel

Power Lifting

Power-Up Adventure