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Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

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Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are demos, using experimental browser technology. Why does everyone on this website expect everything to work for them?

It's also a demo of the most glaring game issue: game doesn't work on non USA keyboard.

You are a hacker. Hack the controls to match your keyboard.

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#32

1st place Greeble by Ryan 'Rybar' Malm ( http://js13kgames.com/games/greeble/index.html ) 2nd place LOSSST by Maxime Euziere 3rd place Lost Beacons by Rémi Vansteelandt 4th place The Lost Packets by ElementalSystems 5th place Lost in a Space Odyssey by MarcGuinea 6th place A moment lost in time. by piesku.com 7th place Search of Sounds by Vitalii Liapin 8th place BUNNY LOST! by Eoinmcg 9th place Where is Winston by G…

Love how 2 - 6 all have lost in their title.

The theme for the competition was "lost" - programmers are perhaps not the most creative at naming things.

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

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13 kilobytes is 13,000 bytes, not 13,312 bytes.

1 kB = 1024 bytes, not 1000. 13*1024 = 13,312.

1 kB = 1000 bytes.

You're thinking of the "kibibyte": 1 KiB, 1024 bytes. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

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Updated as I play some: Greeble: Having to press "z" makes me dread keyboard issues (I am on qwertz). Fell into a dead-end pit and quit. Lossst: Uses ALT for a crucial move, ALT triggers my browser's menu. Got stuck. Quit. Lost Beacons: Works nicely but the scrolling is jarring and confusing. Would have played more than 2 levels otherwise. Sound would help tremendously in keeping a track of what is happening. The Los…

"The game broke my workflow"

https://xkcd.com/1172/

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

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post #14

I just played Lossst and was sure it had been made with WebGL... I couldn't believe my eyes when I realized the author used divs and css transforms for everything. I really had no idea how much can be done with just css3.

It plays terribly on my 4k resolution laptop in a regular Chrome window (ie not full screen). Played a few of the others and they were fine.

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1 kB = 1024 bytes, not 1000. 13*1024 = 13,312.

1 kB = 1000 bytes. You're thinking of the "kibibyte": 1 KiB, 1024 bytes. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibibyte

> The interpretation of the older term "kilobyte" to denote 1024 bytes, conflicting with the SI definition of the prefix kilo (1000), is still common.

You can argue about how wrong it is all you want, but 1kb will always be 1024 bytes to me.

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

#37

Some of these are really impressive. There have been several surprises where the developer(s) went the extra mile in ways that are surprising. Like in Lossst, when finishing a level, it'll zoom the camera to the next door and back to the worm. It's amazing that someone working within such a tight limit can think, "I know, we'll do this nice zooming thing which has no real relation to game play but will feel nice!" JS…

Thanks man! I made this game by (ab)using the power of CSS and CSS3D, and really focused on the player experience, so I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you continue playing, you'll see even more surprises :) Also, here's a making-of: http://xem.github.io/articles#js13k17

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

#38
post #18

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Couldn't get past the first level. What am i supposed to do? What's the puzzle? Seemed like a dead end to me, all the doors had numbers greater than my length. How am I supposed to increase my length?

Eat an apple. There's at least one door that you can get through on the first level (at least, there was for me, I dunno if it's randomized).

Yeah sorry, apple-eating is basically the only detail I didn't explain, thinking it was the most normal thing to do when you control a snake :)

Re: Js13kGames Winners – JavaScript games with a file size limit of 13KB

#39
post #14

I just played Lossst and was sure it had been made with WebGL... I couldn't believe my eyes when I realized the author used divs and css transforms for everything. I really had no idea how much can be done with just css3.

Hi! yup, only CSS and emoji. :) if you want to know a bit more, here's a making-of: http://xem.github.io/articles#js13k17
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