Issue #404: Playco, Road Rider, and LittleJS

Issue #404 - October 1st 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:

Playco acquires Goodboy for HTML5 game engine PixiJS
Playco raised $100 million last year for instant games, and now it’s putting some of that money to use with the acquisition of Goodboy Digital, a maker of an HTML5 game engine.
Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat

Twitch announces test of ‘Pay-to-Win’ promotion feature
The feature has earned Twitch some hard criticism, including comparisons to viewbotting.
Renata Price at Kotaku

How I sold each small web game for ~$1900 and how you can do that too
How to make money with short web games.
Nyunesu at Reddit

Konami’s eFootball is a disaster at launch and Steam’s worst-rated game ever
Fans told to expect a big post-launch roadmap, but not for fixing a mess like this.
Owen S. Good at Polygon

How Atari's new CEO is looking to Recharge the brand
Wade Rosen explains the company's shift away from mobile and free-to-play, as well as why Atari casinos dilute the brand but Atari hotels do not.
Brendan Sinclair at GamesIndustryBiz
 

Tutorials:

Road Rider - endless car game tutorial using GDevelop
The player should dodge the cars on the road. The game will also have a score such that it is automatically updated as we get past the cars.
GDevelop Wiki

Phaser platformer series #25: lighting and enhancements
We’re going to add some more animation to the coins, add in some background elements to our tilemap, animate some tiles and also add some lighting.
Tom Harrison at Digitherium
 

Tools:

LittleJS - tiny JavaScript game engine

MelonJS 9.0.0 released
 

Demos:

Skipping rope

Sun reflection
 

Games:

Tiny Crate

Ghost