— issue #337This War of Mine, OpenRCT2, and Solus Sector
Articles
The excellent Game Of Thrones board game is coming to PC
Publisher Asmodee Digital announced the game today, and in promising news the adaptation is being handled by Dire Wolf.
Luke Plunkett at Kotaku
This War of Mine will be added to school reading list in Poland
"I don't think we've ever encountered a game being officially included in the educational system on a national level as school reading."
Matthew Handrahan at GamesIndustryBiz
Zynga creates $25 million fund for promoting diversity education and charities
The Zynga board has approved the fund to invest in educational and charitable purposes related to diversity and inclusion within Zynga and within the games industry.
Dean Takahashi at VentureBeat
Hearthstone rolls out a free solo adventure
Unlike with previous adventures, all five chapters are free, and they can all be accessed today. There are no time-gates or additional purchases.
Cass Marshall at Polygon
Jobs
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Tutorials
Building a realtime multiplayer browser game in less than a day (part 1/4)
We'll look at step by step implementation of a realtime multiplayer game of Space Invaders (ah, the nostalgia!) with Phaser 3 and Ably Realtime.
Srushtika Neelakantam at DevTo
Basic Webpack guide to bundle all your JavaScript files in one
Useful to publish HTML5 games.
Emanuele Feronato's blog
Create an animated health bar in Phaser 3
Add polish to your game with animated health bars constructed from image segments.
Tommy Leung at Ourcade
Resources
OpenRCT2 - open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Demos
Build
Paper Battleboats
Electric field lines 2
Games
Solus Sector: Tactics
Stars Rush