Issue #553 - August 9th 2024

Weekly newsletter about Web Game Development.
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Articles:

A deleted Game Informer is now redirecting to GameStop’s closure statement
GameStop suddenly closed one of the most venerated outlets in video game journalism, laying off its entire staff with many being informed by a statement that appears to be written by AI.
Paul Tassi at Forbes

Why even make video games anymore?
As we’ve seen over the last couple years, even working for a well-regarded, legendary developer is not enough to save yourself.
Mike Drucker at The Gamer

'This is just a death cycle': No More Robots gets candid about the state of indie publishing
No More Robots founder Mike Rose explains how cynicism can ensure survival and offers indie devs some pitching advice.
Chris Kerr at Game Developer

Legendary ROM hacking site shutting down after almost 20 years
Disputes about how to keep the site going led founder to archive and close it.
Kevin Purdy at Ars Technica
 

Tutorials:

Creating Twitch extensions with Phaser
You will know everything you need to know to build a client-side Overlay Twitch Extension as a classic follower alert on stream, with Phaser.
Phaser Tutorials

WebRTC vs WebSockets for multiplayer games
No matter which model you’re using, making the best use of the available internet transport is key.
Kevin Glass at Dusk
 

Competitions:

js13kGames 2024 starts next week
 

Resources:

Commented source code of HTML5 circular endless runner

Lospec palette list
 

Demos:

Lotus

Interactive grid effect

Dweet of the week: volumetric star rotation
 

Videos:

Destroying Lego towers

Gothic Remake vs Original early graphics comparison
 

Games:

Vultures – Scavengers of Death

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