— issue #434Dot big bang, Snaily McSnailface, and Acharis
Articles
Digging into the game-making platform phenomenon with dot big bang creator Robert Anderberg
ControlZee CEO and co-founder Robert Anderberg breaks down the appeal of UGC platforms like the browser-based dot big bang, and what they mean for the future of game development.
Bryant Francis at Game Developer
Netflix’s interactive specials, ranked by how much your choices matter
From the new Battle Kitty and Trivia Quest to the Minecraft special that defines the field.
Petrana Radulovic at Polygon
Why Dark Forest matters: a good game, not a crypto game
Anyone who is a fan of games like Sins of a Solar Empire, Factorio, or Civilization should definitely play it.
Omar Mezenner's blog
Twitch reportedly considering cut to top streamers' pay
Streaming service could drop largest creators' subscription revenue share from 70% to 50%, looking at incentivize them to run more ads.
Brendan Sinclair at GamesIndustryBiz
Jobs
Full-Stack Web Developer at Poki
Do you want to build products for 30 million kids of all ages?
Tutorials
Object oriented programming with Python – code a Minesweeper game
Improve your Python programming skills by coding everyone's favorite Windows 3.1 game: Minesweeper.
Beau Carnes at freeCodeCamp
Best tower defense tutorials – making strategy games
Tower defense games are one of the most popular subgenres of strategy gaming, tasking players with repelling waves of enemies by placing weapons and defensive units around a maze-like map.
Robert Reeve at GameDev Academy
Events
Ioniconf 2022
Ioniconf is back this year with a full day of awesome sessions focused on our community of amazing developers, users & Open-Source contributors! Join us May 25 for the free virtual event.
Competitions
All entries from Gamedev.js Jam 2022
Tools
4Everland storage for Gamedev.js community - fill the form to get 100 GB free IPFS storage for 12 months.
Resources
Sema has just published a white paper on why code reviews matter and how to integrate them effectively into your team and organization. You can read the white paper here.
Demos
Snaily McSnailface
Iris door
Loading circle
Videos
GMTK: how video game economies are designed
Games
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Acharis