Newsletter โ Issue 004
๐ฅ Headlines
๐ I am launching WebGamer.io (opens in a new tab), a portal of curated next-gen web games. It showcases some of the awesome JavaScript games listed on Games & Demos (opens in a new tab) but with a more consumer-friendly presentation.
๐ The Hendrik Mans Interview (opens in a new tab) is out! It is my pleasure to have the creator of Miniplex (opens in a new tab) and the Composer Suite (opens in a new tab) as a first interviewee. Read about his open source work and thoughts on web game development!
MeshTransmissionMaterial (opens in a new tab)
for Drei (opens in a new tab) by 0xca0a (opens in a new tab) and
N8 (opens in a new tab) is an improved Three.js
MeshPhysicalMaterial (opens in a new tab) with
added features. It can be used to create amazing (opens in a new tab)
effects (opens in a new tab). There is a vanilla Three.js
version (opens in a new tab).
PlayCanvas (opens in a new tab) published their review of
2022 (opens in a new tab), showcasing the work accomplished by
their team and community. On the roadmap for 2023: Editor GLB imports, Scripts 3.0, shader graphs,
and Editor Plugins.
It is Genuary (opens in a new tab), so keep an eye on #genuary (opens in a new tab) hashtags! There is a different prompt (opens in a new tab) every day. The Ludum Dare (opens in a new tab) game jam also took place using the #LDJAM (opens in a new tab) hashtag with the theme "Harvest".
Bruno Simon (opens in a new tab) added
certificates (opens in a new tab) to Three.js
Journey (opens in a new tab) and is making stylized low-poly
game-assets (opens in a new tab).
โฌ๏ธ Updates
- Drei v9.51 (opens in a new tab) โ New
<MeshTransmissionMaterial> (opens in a new tab),
as seen above.
Phaser 3.60 Beta
17 (opens in a new tab) (2022-12-10) โ Nine
Slice Game Object, Sprite FX, Compressed Textures, Improved Mobile Performance and WebGL Pipeline
Changes.- PlayCanvas
v1.59.0 (opens in a new tab) (2022-12-13) โ Includes
improved WebGPU support.
Babylon.js v5.41.0 (opens in a new tab)
โ๏ธ Content
- ๐ฌ React Three Fiber Christmas
Experience (opens in a new tab) by Wawa
Sensei (opens in a new tab).
- ๐ฌ 6 Months of Learning JavaScript Game
Dev (opens in a new tab) by Suboptimal
Engineer (opens in a new tab).
- โ๏ธ How I Got a Model From 26MB Down to
560KB (opens in a new tab) by Jacob
Galito (opens in a new tab).
- โ๏ธ Simplifying React Three Fiber with
ECS (opens in a new tab)
(Miniplex (opens in a new tab)) by DOUGES (opens in a new tab).
โจ Games & Demos
- ๐ฎ Mirror (opens in a new tab) by Solar
Games (opens in a new tab). Find the differences between two scenes! It will give you
childhood flashbacks.
- ๐ฎ
Hordes (opens in a new tab) by dek (opens in a new tab). A
full-blown MMORPG, up and running since 2016. For The... Hordes! - ๐ฎ PolyTrack (opens in a new tab) by
Kodub (opens in a new tab). A tiny TrackMania in the browser (only 4 levels available).
Uses Ammo.js.
- โจ Composer Suite Space Scene (opens in a new tab) by Hendrik
Mans (opens in a new tab). A showcase of his Composer
Suite (opens in a new tab).
See more on the โจ Games & Demos (opens in a new tab) page or ๐ฎ WebGamer.io (opens in a new tab).
๐ฃ Last but not least, our second Web Game Dev Discord video meetup (opens in a new tab) will take place this Thursday, January 12th, at 9am Pacific Time / 12pm Eastern Time / 6pm Central European Time. See you there! ๐
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