Another yearly edition of theGamedev.js Survey wrapped in December, and the report was published in January. Other than that it was rather a slow month, because of all the non-gamedev things that needed to be handled.

Games

Nothing, unfortunately. Maybe next time.

Writing

Notthat much this month, but still a solid amount of (short) posts:

• [02.01] Gamedev.js:Phaser Box2D — free 2D physics engine
• [03.01] Gamedev.js:GitHub Copilot is now free in VS Code
• [06.01] Gamedev.js:Survey 2024 concluded with a record number of submissions
• [07.01] Enclave Games:Enclave Games in 2024, and plans for 2025
• [10.01] Gamedev.js:Stimulation Clicker — sensory overload on another level
• [16.01] Gamedev.js:LittleJS Game Jam challenges winners
• [17.01] Gamedev.js:The Wildfires — fly firefighting airplanes
• [20.01] Gamedev.js:Vue.js Nation 2025 conference and licenses giveaway
• [21.01] Gamedev.js:Global Game Jam 2025 started
• [22.01] Gamedev.js:DOOM: The Gallery Experience — paintings showcase simulator
• [29.01] Gamedev.js:Report on the current state of Web Game Development in 2024 is out!

Two Survey updates, two tools, three games, two competitions, and one event. Plus, of course, our Yearly Report.

OP Guild

The LittleJS Game Jam challenge winners were announced. The challenges, coming from and judged byOP Guild, were:Cozy ,Arcadia , andEndangered Species.

Some new deals, collabs, and game jams were confirmed and should be announced soon.

Events

I went to Katowice to be a judge at theNeuroshima Hex Polish Championship finals that happened during Portalcon, Portal Games’ own convention. It was quite an interesting experience, since it was also my very first attendance to Portalcon itself.

It went surprisingly well, and we had the luck of having the author of FAQ and Codex on the spot, the person who knows theNeuroshima Hex rules the best out of anyone in Poland.

Other

TheGamedev.js Weekly newsletter had its biggest delay since the very beginning in 2014 — recent issue was sent three days later, on Monday instead of Friday.

Gamedev.js Survey 2024 report was prepared andpublished.

I had my second surgery in the past two months and I’m recovering.

I passed my driving test recently, in the very first attempt (with the car number 13). Something I thought I’ll never do in my whole life, drive a car, is now “just” another skill I learned. We’re currently trying to get our own car, but everything that can go sideways goes sideways. It’s really frustrating to bump into issues on every single step of the process, but we’ll get there eventually.

Plans for the next month

It’s time to start theGamedev.js Jam 2025 preparations.