Issue #402: 2048 in React, Tiny Texture Tumbler, and Superbike Hero

Issue #402 - September 18th 2021

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:

Wow, this Quake clone is smaller than a Word doc
This FPS is a tiny 13KB game that’s surprisingly fun to play.
Zack Zwiezen at Kotaku

Modder puts Super Mario 64 into Minecraft
The mod, which isn’t yet complete, allows the developer to run the Super Mario 64 engine inside the classic sandbox game.
Ana Diaz at Polygon

Ikea to release gaming furniture collection
Swedish home decor retailer to release new product line globally in October.
Jeffrey Rousseau at GamesIndustryBiz

Sky Mavis hits $2B in sales for its NFT game Axie Infinity
The game uses NFTs to uniquely identify cute characters. Players spend real money to acquire those characters and engage in battles with other players.
Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat

Clive Sinclair and the offbeat brilliance of the ZX Spectrum
The affordability of Sinclair’s revolutionary 1982 home computer let a generation of young bedroom coders make anarchic, punky games, and its hardware limitations merely fostered extra creativity.
Keith Stuart at The Guardian
 

Tutorials:

How to build the 2048 game in React
You will learn how to build your own clone of the 2048 game in React. What makes this article unique is that we will focus on creating delightful animations.
Matt Sokola at freeCodeCamp

Serious Scramblers HTML5 prototype built with Phaser and TypeScript – adding sprites and animations
The hero is some kind of ninja frog, enemies are angry pigs and platforms look better.
Emanuele Feronato's blog
 

Tools:

Tiny Texture Tumbler – a JS library and an editor to create textures
 

Demos:

Weird fishes

Bouncing off the walls
 

Games:

Superbike Hero