Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
Tags

Does it have to be in JavaScript?

A topic by atamocius created Apr 07, 2020 Views: 381 Replies: 2
Viewing posts 1 to 2
(+1)

This might sound like a "stupid question", but I can see that the requirement is to come up with a "Web game". So are tools like Unity, Defold, GopherJS, or WASM compilers allowed (or any tool that compiles to a web app)?

Host(+2)

That's actually a very good question, thanks for asking!

As much as I'd like to encourage the use of JavaScript engines like Phaser, I'd also like to make this competition as open as possible. That's why I'll say it clearly: it doesn't have to be a JavaScript game, but it does have to be a Web game - it have to work in the browser without extra plugins.

If you're able to use a tool that will export your game to HTML5, then go for it. If this decision will lead to exported games flooding the competition and making JavaScript devs unhappy though, then we can get back to the discussion and maybe have a separate category for non-JS exporters. It's the very first edition of the jam that I would like to run yearly, so there's definitely room for improvements.

(+1)

Thanks for clarifying!