Issue #338: Game Developer Day, Paint Engine, and Lastman

Issue #338 - June 26th 2020

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:

Video games are the future of education
My education as a teenager: 1. Books I chose to read myself. 2. Learning to program computers (taught myself). 3. Video games (found them myself). 4. Maths (school).
Nabeel Qureshi's blog

Facebook buys Lone Echo developer Ready At Dawn
Ready at Dawn will join Facebook’s roster of first-party game development studios working on VR titles under the Oculus Studios banner.
Jamie Feltham at UploadVR

Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming
It’s a strategic move for the future of xCloud.
Tom Warren at The Verge

Hey #gamedevs, I am having trouble getting myself to work on my game lately
I do want to, but something is demotivating me. Any ideas how to get going again?
Tommy van Son's Twitter thread

I'm trying something new today and over the weekend
I'm making a simple 3D game prototype using Goodluck.
Staś Małolepszy's Twitter thread
 

Jobs:

Game developers are in demand on Vettery
Ready for a bold career move? Make a free profile, name your salary, and connect with hiring managers from top employers today.
 

Tutorials:

HTML5 prototype to drag and rotate a wheel and control your character like in Puppet Bird game
The core of the concept is you must drag to rotate a wheel, or a crank, and since there is no need to reinvent the wheel, there is an interesting plugin by Rex.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

Firebase leaderboard with Rex plugins in Phaser 3
Add a leaderboard without having to write server side code.
Tommy Leung at Ourcade
 

Events:

HTML5 Game Developer Day, online on July 7th
 

Competitions:

Countdown to js13kGames 2020
 

Tools:

Shifty - JavaScript tweening engine

Paint Engine - JavaScript engine for painting games
 

Demos:

Triangles grid

Density 3.9
 

Games:

Lastman.io

Animal Tower