CrazyGames × Defold Web Jam – build a game in 48 hours this weekend

The CrazyGames × Defold Web Jam is a fast-paced online game development challenge happening from June 13–15, 2025, where developers from around the globe will compete to create a browser game in just 48 hours. Hosted by CrazyGames, Defold, and GameJamPlus, the event is open to solo creators and small…

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React Advanced London 2025 – join the conference with a 10% discount

The GitNation team returns with another deep-dive into the React ecosystem—React Advanced London 2025 is set to take place on November 28th and December 1st in London, UK, and online for those attending remotely. If you’re working with React and care about performance, scalability, and modern architecture, this event should…

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Real Fishing – in-app purchases case study

For starters, let’s get to know each other. We’re Playhop — a web gaming platform ranked in the top 3. Our ecosystem keeps growing, with 45 million players every month. With us, anyone who loves games and really wants to make them can succeed. From time to time, we share…

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New Gamedev.js Jam 2025 t-shirt: Balance!

New t-shirt design landed in our online Shop following the Balance theme, so you can represent Web Game Development with the cool swag. This means we already have five different t-shirt designs for you to pick from: Gamedev.js Jam Gamedev.js Weekly Gamedev.js Jam 2023: Time Gamedev.js Jam 2024: Power Gamedev.js…

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Best entries from the Challenges in Gamedev.js Jam 2025

The winners of Gamedev.js Jam 2025 were announced yesterday already, and today the results of our optional Challenges are revealed – if you participated in any of them, then check out your standings below. Open Source Challenge by GitHub Build it with Phaser Challenge by Phaser Studio $NOODS Challenge by…

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Gamedev.js Jam 2025 winners announced!

Voting to pick the winners in Gamedev.js Jam 2025, the sixth yearly edition of an online competition for web game developers has wrapped – let’s see the winners picked by participants themselves! Here’s the top10 overall ranking: Balaline by Ex0 Sloshed: a Long Way to Bed by FishoJr Playtesters and…

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All the entries from Gamedev.js Jam 2025

Gamedev.js Jam 2025, the sixth yearly edition of the online web game development competition wrapped two days ago, on April 26th – our community broke the record (again) and we ended up with 420 submitted games! That’s 175% increase from last year’s 238 entries, which was our previous record. All…

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Gamedev.js Jam 2025 start and theme announcement!

Sixth yearly edition of the online competition for web game developers just started! Join Gamedev.js Jam 2025 on Itch – you have exactly 13 days between April 13th, 5 PM CET and April 26th, 5 PM CET to build an HTML5 game and win cool prizes in the process! Theme…

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All challenges in Gamedev.js Jam 2025: V Shaders, Open Source, Phaser, and $Noods

The four optional challenges in the upcoming Gamedev.js Jam 2025 starting April 13th all bring their own extra prizes – you can mix and match them together to participate in as many as you want. Those challenges were summarized in the recent posts: V Shaders by V Systems Open Source…

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NPC Friday #1: Vibe Coding intro

The very first edition of the NPC Friday online meetup will be happening tomorrow and will revolve around the hot topic of vibe coding – come join us if you’re considering participating in the $NOODS challenge during the upcoming Gamedev.js Jam 2025. We’ll be starting with Vibe Coding 101 led…

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