end3r Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 It's that time of the year again - time to start thinking about the js13kGames competition. The sixth edition will start on August 13th, 13:00 CEST and will run for a month. For those who don't know it yet: it's an online competition for HTML5 game developers where the fun part is the file size limit set to 13 kilobytes. Check the rules for details. There are always notable judges, lots of cool prizes, and free t-shirts for all entries shipped worldwide. See the forum topics from previous years for reference: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. Follow the compo profiles on Twitter and Facebook to be up to date with all the news and announcements. I'm looking for prizes and sponsors, so if you can help with either of those please get in touch! So, who's going to participate? Mattia, mattstyles, rskgames and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rskgames Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I tried but failed to submit a game last year. Will try this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 6 hours ago, rskgames said: I tried but failed to submit a game last year. Will try this year. Good luck this time then! Be sure to visit our Slack channel - folks there are more than happy to help if you have any issues with your entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmoondev Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Awesome:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Spark Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Great, looking forward to this! As I transitioned from commercial gamedev into another dev occupation, I can finally afford making experimental games for fun, without feeling of missing out in terms of money Mattia, end3r, b10b and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 On 16.06.2017 at 7:38 PM, Red Spark said: As I transitioned from commercial gamedev into another dev occupation, I can finally afford making experimental games for fun, without feeling of missing out in terms of money Sounds great, enjoy the competition then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted June 19, 2017 Author Share Posted June 19, 2017 There are already some updates and additions. Sponsors: - Mozilla Judges: - Jupiter Hadley Prizes: - 3 × Evil Glitch game - 13 × Phaser Editor More coming really soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem Kazama Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I didn't hear about this last year until it was already over, but I'll gladly think of something to enter this year. Thanks for the update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Spark Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 By the way, is there any better alternative to SoundBox sound engine for the purpose of this competition? May be somebody already has a working minified version of their player.js? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 On 21.06.2017 at 1:13 AM, Red Spark said: By the way, is there any better alternative to SoundBox sound engine for the purpose of this competition? There are some other options - check the Resources page, Sounds and Music section: http://js13kgames.github.io/resources/#sfx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Next update. Sponsors: - GitHub Judges: - Christer Kaitila - Lee Reilly Prizes: - 30 × GitHub account - 10 × PlayCanvas account - 2 × Construct 3 license More coming soon. Luminous Wizard, Mattia, sanojian and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remvst Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Hoping that inspiration will hit once you reveal the theme so I can participate for the 5th time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 20 hours ago, remvst said: Hoping that inspiration will hit once you reveal the theme so I can participate for the 5th time I do hope you'll find the motivation as the compo wouldn't be the same without you In the meantime - next update. Sponsors: - Codility Judges: - Tomasz Wesolowski Prizes: - 2 × Asset Forge tool - 10 × Kenney Game Assets 2 - 5 × ImpactJS game engine - 1 × Proto.io account sanojian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Next update. Partners: - Jscrambler - BLUR Judges: - Pedro Fortuna - Pablo Farías Navarro Prizes: - 7 × WebStorm license - 3 × Jscrambler license - 5 × Kendo UI license Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Next update. Partners: - AirConsole Prizes: - 5 × Complete Mobile Game Development Course - 5 × Virtual Reality Game Development Mini-Degree - ∞ × AirConsole Hero - 5 × Making Money with HTML5 ebook - 3 × CodePen Pro account - 2 × $13 Amazon voucher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammy Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 hi @end3r im just wondering about the package size rule. E.g. if my code is 40kb, but once compressed into zip is 13kb - would that count as a valid entry? Thanks, Jam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 12 hours ago, Jammy said: im just wondering about the package size rule. E.g. if my code is 40kb, but once compressed into zip is 13kb - would that count as a valid entry? Yes, absolutely. The size limit is for the zipped package only - it doesn't matter how big your initial source code or assets are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d13 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hi Everyone! Just a reminder that Ga, the "made-for-jsk13" micro game engine, is open for business again this year! https://github.com/kittykatattack/ga I has most of the features of Phaser, but is 100 times smaller! (... and a helpful contributor from last year's competition added base64 image support which makes it even better than ever.) The core engine compresses down to 6.5k, which leaves you another 6.5 for your game logic (which is more than enough!). On the off chance that you have a few k left over for sound, you could try: https://github.com/kittykatattack/sound.js But you don't even need the whole library, all you need is the single `soundEffect` function, that can generate any possible sound (or music) you might need for your game: https://github.com/kittykatattack/sound.js/blob/master/sound.js#L682 Have fun everyone!! Mattia and end3r 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 30.07.2017 at 4:31 PM, d13 said: Just a reminder that Ga, the "made-for-jsk13" micro game engine, is open for business again this year! Thanks for maintaining it, I'm sure some devs will use it during the compo! On a different note - GitHub just posted a cool article with some nice entries from last years, etc: https://github.com/blog/2409-build-a-game-in-13kb-or-less-with-js13kgames Also, updating the prizes list: - 5 × NodeBB hosting - 5 × Cloud9 IDE subscription - 10 × JSBin Pro account - 10 × Glitchbuster game Yup, Glitchbuster is the game from last year's compo, just like Evil Glitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I love this jam. You need imagination and skills! end3r 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
end3r Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The competition has started! This year's theme is: lost. Good luck and have fun! sanojian, Kitanga Nday (NDAY Games) and Mattia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Spark Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Awesome theme, couldn't be better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitanga Nday (NDAY Games) Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Been waiting for this, i want this to be my year lol, or at least to submit something XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rskgames Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 My failed attempt in 2016. https://t.co/B3o9C2sLIt Hopefully I will be able to submit a game this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totor Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 is the http://js13kgames.github.io/resources/#aframe lost? ;) Kitanga Nday (NDAY Games) and Mattia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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