Newsletter โ Issue 006
๐ฅ Headlines
๐ The interview with Dek, creator of JavaScript MMORPG Hordes (opens in a new tab), is out! A truly inspiring journey. ๐ฏ
Good news for PlayCanvas (opens in a new tab) users! PlayCanvas now
supports importing GLB / gLTF files into the
Editor (opens in a new tab), including 100%
of ratified glTF extensions (opens in a new tab).
It is also possible to directly edit the imported models' materials and hook up their animations
with PlayCanvas' animation system. In other news, Steven Yau (opens in a new tab) created
a user script to load Editor Plugin
scripts (opens in a new tab). It
is not an official PlayCanvas feature at the moment.
Not a single JavaScript game won the GitHub Game Off 2022 (opens in a new tab)... But a lot of the winning games are playable online via WebAssembly. You might want to take your chance with the Global Game Jam (opens in a new tab) at your local jam site (opens in a new tab).
โฌ๏ธ Updates
R3F v8.10.0 (opens in a new tab) โ Adds
Canvas
shadow
prop shortcuts (opens in a new tab) ('basic'
,'percentage'
,'soft'
,'variance'
).Drei v9.54 (opens in a new tab) โ yomotsu (opens in a new tab)'s camera-controls (opens in a new tab) library is now available via <CameraControls>. It is similar to
OrbitControls
with added features like smooth animations, camera collisions, or zoom and shake effects.Babylon.js v5.43.0 (opens in a new tab)
โ๏ธ Content
- ๐ฌ ๐ Bloom is More Complicated Than You Think (opens in a new tab) by SimonDev (opens in a new tab).
- ๐ฌ ๐ 10 Rendering Patterns for Web Apps (opens in a new tab) by Fireship (opens in a new tab).
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Creating Variations in Instances Using Node Materials (opens in a new tab) by Patrick Ryan (opens in a new tab).
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RTS Devlog #9: Extreme Pathfinding (opens in a new tab) by Ashley Gullen (opens in a new tab).
- โ๏ธ ๐ Cel/Toon Shading (opens in a new tab) (demo (opens in a new tab)) by Daniel Velasquez (opens in a new tab).
โจ Games & Demos
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Kingdom of Pixels (opens in a new tab) by QTX (opens in a new tab). A 2D platformer MOBA with great pixel art, made with PixiJS (opens in a new tab).
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Flyff Universe (opens in a new tab) by Gala (opens in a new tab). Web (Wasm) sequel of Flyff (opens in a new tab), a Korean MMORPG from 2004. Launched mid-2022.
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Little Aliens (opens in a new tab) by TechhDan (opens in a new tab). A Super Mario / Zelda-style alien game made with Phaser (opens in a new tab).
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Piano Portal (opens in a new tab) by docEdub (opens in a new tab). A very cool AR demo made with Babylon.js (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).
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