— issue #303Text adventure engine, Codecks, and Once Upon a Sprite
Articles
The real enemy within Fallout 76 is capitalism
It’s all so clear now!
Cass Marshall at Polygon
Facing burnout, stress, and health issues, top Twitch streamers are taking extended breaks
Last year during E3, streaming megastar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins took two days off from his regular schedule. A blip on the radar in the grand scheme of things. It cost him 40,000 paying subscribers.
Nathan Grayson at Kotaku
Quantum computing takes flight
A programmable quantum computer has been reported to outperform the most powerful conventional computers in a specific task.
William D. Oliver at Nature
Marketers have to play more videogames to make better brand experiences
Here's a look into successful in-game mechanics and tactics that could help brand experiences drive engagement and revenue.
Stefan Tauber at Marketing Land
Retro nostalgia and why my new website looks like Window 9x
For a while I’ve been wanting to update my website, but I’m really not a designer and I knew any attempts to improve on what I already had would be a haphazard mess.
Ash Kyd's blog
From js13kGames to MozFest Arcade: a game dev Web Monetization story
This is a short story of how js13kGames tried out Web Monetization this year, and ended up at the Mozilla Festival, happening this week in London.
Andrzej Mazur at Mozilla Hacks blog
Jobs
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Tutorials
Writing a multiplayer text adventure engine in Node.js: game engine server design (part 2)
Covering the creation of one of the modules, and will also be focusing on the design process in order to shed some light into what needs to happen before you start coding your own hobby projects.
Fernando Doglio at Smashing Magazine
Build a HTML5 game like Pocket Snap using Phaser and Matter physics
Step 2: add a landing spot using sensors.
Emanuele Feronato's blog
Realistic water effect using SVG turbulence filter
I’m going to show you how to create a realistic water effect using SVG turbulence filter and CSS.
TK at Red Stapler
Tools
Codecks - modern project management for game developers
Demos
Curtain creeper
Once Upon a Sprite
Videos
Apollo 11 Mission AR | HoloLens 2 | Epic Games
Games
Foot Chinko
Hello Kitty Mahjong