2025/10/03 — issue #613

From Steam to floppy, LittleJS Game Jam 2025, and Messenger

Articles

GDC founder says the event is "rapidly becoming a dinosaur"
Chris Crawford, who established GDC in the 1980s, says the "gigantic costs" of attending don't add up.
Lewis Packwood at GamesIndustryBiz

How I got a publisher for my indie game
Pixel Washer and Acclaim: the story so far.
Matt Hackett at Valadria

What does Nintendo's recent Pokemon patent actually mean for game developers?
Legal experts break down Nintendo's recent headline-making (and rather confusing) patent.
Nicole Carpenter at Game Developer

Epic Games launches webshop service on PC and mobile
Feature enables developers to sell in-game content using on separate web stores hosted by Epic Games.
Sophie McEvoy at GamesIndustryBiz

From Steam to floppy: porting modern TypeScript to run on DOS
A.K.A. “The update no one asked for” – the exciting journey of getting the QuantumPulse 2A Command Line Interpreter to run on MS-DOS.
Jimbly's Wanderings