end3r 188 Report post 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? 10 Red Spark, labrat.mobi, mattstyles and 7 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rskgames 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2017 I tried but failed to submit a game last year. Will try this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackmoondev 72 Report post Posted June 12, 2017 Awesome:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Spark 61 Report post 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 4 end3r, b10b, scheffgames and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MysticJ 12 Report post 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Spark 61 Report post 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? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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. 4 Mattia, Luminous Wizard, sanojian and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
remvst 81 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 Hoping that inspiration will hit once you reveal the theme so I can participate for the 5th time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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 1 sanojian reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jammy 33 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d13 94 Report post 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!! 2 end3r and Mattia reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marius 4 Report post Posted August 1, 2017 I love this jam. You need imagination and skills! 1 end3r reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
end3r 188 Report post Posted August 13, 2017 The competition has started! This year's theme is: lost. Good luck and have fun! 3 Mattia, Kitanga Nday (NDAY Games) and sanojian reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Spark 61 Report post Posted August 13, 2017 Awesome theme, couldn't be better! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kitanga Nday (NDAY Games) 8 Report post Posted August 13, 2017 Been waiting for this, i want this to be my year lol, or at least to submit something XD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rskgames 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 My failed attempt in 2016. https://t.co/B3o9C2sLIt Hopefully I will be able to submit a game this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
totor 37 Report post Posted August 14, 2017 is the http://js13kgames.github.io/resources/#aframe lost? ;) 2 Mattia and Kitanga Nday (NDAY Games) reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
