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GDevelop 5.5 with 3D physics released

The GDevelop game engine released version 5.5.220 providing the developers with a powerful 3D physics engine based on Jolt Physics. The 3D physics engine is powered by Jolt Physics a modern, performant, battle-tested, fully featured 3D physics engine used in AAA games, like Horizon: Forbidden West. The new 3D physics…Read…

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Excalibur version 0.30 was released

7th February 2025

New version of the Excalibur.js game engine was released, v0.30, with multiple new features, changes, and even more bugfixes. This is one of the biggest releases of Excalibur yet! Huge thanks to all the new contributors and everyone that assisted in the Discord. You can check the release notes on…Read…

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PDFTris – play Tetris in a PDF

5th February 2025

Thomas Rinsma decided to abuse PDF field objects to render monochrome grid, and combine it with keystroke-entry in a text field to receive inputs – that’s how playable Tetris in a PDF file was born. You can read the blog post about the implementation details from the author himself –…Read…

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Report on the current state of Web Game Development in 2024 is out!

29th January 2025

The results of the Gamedev.js Survey 2024 that was conducted last month, at the end of 2024, were finally published! We’ve received a total of 620 filled surveys, which is an all-time record another year in a row. Your help shaped the questions and answers again, with many being updated…Read…

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DOOM: The Gallery Experience – paintings showcase simulator

22nd January 2025

Did you think every possible variation of the classic Doom game was explored already? Think again, because The Gallery Experience lets you take part in an art gallery opening with a wine in your hand all while wandering through the Doom’s E1M1 map full of classic masterpieces. DOOM: The Gallery…Read…

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Vue.js Nation 2025 conference and licenses giveaway

20th January 2025

The upcoming Vue.js Nation conference will happen online live on January 29th-30th, and the tickets are free. Among the speakers are creator of Vue, Evan You, and head of Nuxt, Daniel Roe (who is also a GitHub Star). We’re having a giveaway to celebrate our community’s partnership with the event:…Read…

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Gamedev.js Survey 2024 concluded with a record number of submissions

6th January 2025

The Gamedev.js Survey 2024 that was happening last month wrapped the submissions on December 20th 2024, and received exactly 620 submitted surveys, which is a 25% increase compared to the previous record of 491 last year! The winners of the $500 giveaway were contacted, and the prizes wired. The report…Read…

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GitHub Copilot is now free in VS Code

3rd January 2025

GitHub has announced that their Copilot is now automatically integrated into VS Code editor and available for anyone as part of the new Free tier. Copilot Free gives you the choice between Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI’s GPT-4o model. You can ask a coding question, explain existing code, or…Read…

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Phaser Box2D – free 2D physics engine

2nd January 2025

Phaser Studio has released their own Box2D physics engine based on the 3.0 version written in C, which they converted to modern JavaScript, making it the only v3 port currently available for the web. Whether you’re building fast-paced shooters, intricate puzzle games, or sprawling RPGs, Phaser Box2D is here to…Read…

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Phaser 4 is coming

19th November 2024

…and this time for sure! The long anticipated version 4 of the highly popular web game framework Phaser is soon to be released, with v4.0.0 Beta 1 and Beta 2 both being published in the past few days. Because this is such a monumental upgrade, we are jumping up by…Read…