Js13kGames

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
js13kGames logo

js13kGames (also referenced as JS13K) is a game jam competition, focused on creating browser games that are no larger than 13 kilobytes when compressed using ZIP.[1][2][3] Participants are not permitted to use external services or libraries, and all assets must also fit within the size limit.[4] Games are programmed in JavaScript and HTML5.[5][6][7] The competition has a different theme each year and participants have the freedom to interpret it however they like.[8] Winners receive prizes consisting of money, digital rewards, T-shirts, and promotional items.[9]

History[edit]

JS13K was founded in 2012 and is run by Andrzej Mazur.[10][11][12] It is held from 13 August to 13 September annually.[13] Since 2017 there are categories that allow for certain frameworks to not count towards the size limit.[14] JS13k introduced a web monetization category in 2019 in partnership with Coil,[15] which continued through 2020 funded partially by Grant for the Web.[16]

Several well known game designers have participated in JS13K including Markus "Notch" Persson (creator of Minecraft)[17] and Ricardo "Mrdoob" Cabello (creator of Three.js).[18] Some games created for the competition have later been released commercially on Steam including 2016 winner Evil Glitch.[19] Others have been mentioned across the internet in various articles around the event itself.[20]

In 2015, JS13K started to expand, including a panel of judges for each of their events.[21] There are a few judges that have been featured in every single event, including Dann Sullivan of Pocket Gamer, Game Developer Christer Kaitilla, and Games Journalist Jupiter Hadley.

Results[edit]

No. Year Theme Entries Winning Game Developer(s) Ref
1 2012 Number 13 61 SpacePi Jack Rugile [22]
2 2013 Bad Luck 70 Radius Raid Jack Rugile [23]
3 2014 Earth, Water, Air and Fire 129 Pest Control : Weasels Siorki [24]
4 2015 Reversed 160 Behind Asteroids — The Dark Side Greweb [25]
5 2016 Glitch 127 Evil Glitch Agar3s [26]
6 2017 Lost 254 Greeble Ryan Malm [27]
7 2018 Offline 274 UNDERRUN Phoboslab [28]
8 2019 Back 245 xx142-b2.exe Ben & Salvatore [29]
9 2020 404 227 Ninja vs EVILCORP Rémi Vansteelandt [30]
10 2021 Space 223 Space Garden Ryan Malm [31]
11 2022 Death 167 Dante Salvatore Previti [32]
12 2023 13th Century 163 Path to Glory Rémi Vansteelandt [33]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Booker, Logan (8 October 2018). "These Amazing Browser Games Are 13 Kilobytes Or Less In Size". Kotaku. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ^ "js13kGames Rules". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ Castledine, Earle (2018). Html5 games : novice to ninja. Sitepoint Pty Ltd. ISBN 9781492065425. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ^ Kubow, Ania (31 December 2020). "20 Award-Winning 13-Kilobyte JavaScript Games You Can Play in Your Browser – js13k 2020 Winners". freeCodeCamp.org. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ van der Spuy, Rex (2017). The Advanced Game Developer's Toolkit: Create Amazing Web-based Games with JavaScript and HTML5 (1st ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Apress. ISBN 978-1484210987. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ Jones, Darren (2014). JavaScript: Novice to Ninja. SitePoint Pty. Ltd. ISBN 978-0992461225.
  7. ^ "Why are there so few female developers in video games industry?". BusinessCloud. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ^ Reilly, Lee. "Top 10 games from the JS13K 2020 competition". GitHub Blog. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ^ Zwiezen, Zack. "Wow, This Quake Clone Is Smaller Than A Word Doc". Kotaku. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ^ Bode, Karl. "This Real Time Strategy Game Is Just 13 Kilobytes". Vice. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Js13kGames: the tiniest HTML5 games". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ^ Tokuoka, Masaharu. "What knowledge is brought about by the game jam "js13k Games", making 13KB games with JavaScript in one month?". gamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  13. ^ Depold, Sascha. "js13kGames — a review". eBay Tech. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  14. ^ Serrano, Fernando. "WebXR category in JS13KGames!". Mozilla Mixed Reality Blog. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Top Picks from js13k 2019". Coil.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Enclave Games: A Grant for the Web Awardee". Grant for the Web. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  17. ^ @notch (7 September 2018). "Notch talks about his jS13kGames entry" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "13kb-404". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  19. ^ Andres, Giovanny. "An Interview With Giovanny Beltran, js13kgames Winner". Mozilla Hacks. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Jam Favorites: Js13kGames 2017". Big Boss Battle (B3). 2018-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  21. ^ end3r. "Js13kGames - HTML5 and JavaScript Game Development Competition in just 13 kilobytes". js13kgames.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "js13kGames 2012 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  23. ^ "js13kGames 2013 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  24. ^ "js13kGames 2014 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  25. ^ "js13kGames 2015 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  26. ^ "js13kGames 2016 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  27. ^ "js13kGames 2017 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  28. ^ "js13kGames 2018 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  29. ^ "js13kGames 2019 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  30. ^ "js13kGames 2020 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  31. ^ "js13kGames 2021 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  32. ^ "js13kGames 2022 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  33. ^ "js13kGames 2023 Results". js13kGames. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Js13kGames&oldid=1194916605"