PowerGlitch, circular moiré, and The Wildfires

Articles

Elon Musk and Asmongold are fighting after the streamer accused him of being a fake gamer
Fans have called bullshit on Musk's Path of Exile 2 obsession.
Ethan Gach at Kotaku

Nintendo Switch 2 officially revealed
New hardware includes magnetically attachable Joy-Cons and a USB-C port, will have backwards compatibility.
Sophie McEvoy at GamesIndustryBiz

Microsoft files patent for 'altering narrative experiences' with genAI
Microsoft's newly unveiled patent frames genAI as a 'co-pilot' to game designers to help them (and players) 'aid in the creation of the game's narrative.'
Justin Carter at GameDeveloper

Twitch streamer Shroud honors his late father in a month-long charity event
The popular Twitch streamer has already raised over $190K.
Tyler Colp

2002’s Neverwinter Nights gets a patch in 2025 from “unpaid software engineers”
Bioware's beloved Dungeons & Dragons CRPG remains a rich space for storytelling.
Kevin Purdy at Ars Technica

Tutorials

HTML5 tile based platformer handling slopes powered by Phaser using no physics engines
...and working with Phaser 4.
Emanuele Feronato's blog

Competitions

LittleJS Game Jam challenges winners

Tools

PowerGlitch - tiny library to glitch anything on the web

Kaluma - tiny JavaScript runtime for Raspberry Pi Pico

Demos

Circular moiré with 3D twist

Wind visualization

Dweet of the week: alien hive

Games

The Wildfires