Issue #584 - March 14th 2025

Weekly newsletter about Web Game Development.
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Articles:

Microsoft’s new AI “Copilot for Gaming” struggles to justify its existence
We're still a ways off from the conversational AI "partner" teased last year.
Kyle Orland at Ars Technica

Parents should stop children gaming on Roblox if they are worried, says CEO
David Baszucki says company is vigilant about protecting users amid reports of bullying and grooming on platform.
Rachel Hall at The Guardian

Scopely acquires Pokémon Go developer Niantic in deal worth $3.5bn
Deal also includes companion apps and services "Campfire" and "Wayfarer".
Vikki Blake at GamesIndustryBiz

Games industry investment heats up ahead of PGC and GDC
Money streams into the sector ahead of one of the biggest weeks in the sector's calendar.
Craig Chapple at PocketGamerBiz
 

Tutorials:

Little Ski – LittleJS game tutorial
Eoin McGrath, long time participant of both js13kGames competition and Gamedev.js Jam, released his LittleJS tutorial where you can learn how to build an example game, Little Ski.
Eoin McGrath

Vanilla JavaScript Tetris, because everybody should build a Tetris game
Everybody should be able to build a Tetris game, but, beware that it is not as simple as it seems.
Emanuele Feronato's blog
 

Tools:

Nanojet – micro WebGPU game engine
 

Demos:

Pi chart

Mandelbulb fractal

Dweet of the week: waning moon
 

Videos:

Flow made in Blender

2024 Excalibur.js community demo reel
 

Games:

Bubbits – bubble shooter battle royale

Daily Dungeon – new maze every 24 hours