Introducing our First Community Web Game Challenge 👾
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Introducing our First Community Web Game Challenge 👾

Publish Date: Sep 18 '24
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We are so excited to announce our first community Web Game Challenge!

Running through September 29, the Web Game Challenge will be an opportunity to exercise your creativity, show off your skills, and have fun!

Long-time DEV member Andrzej Mazur will be joining us as a special guest judge to kick off this challenge. Andrzej is heavily involved in the gaming community and has opened an indie studio, Enclave Games, created the js13kGames competition, initiated the Gamedev.js community, and more!

For this challenge, we will have two prompts: one that involves building a game, and one that explains how. Each prompt will have one winner, and each winner will receive:

As with all challenges, all participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge for their efforts.

Let’s get gaming!

Our Prompts

Build a Web Game: Aliens

Design and build a browser game with HTML/CSS/JS that incorporates Aliens as a theme. Your game may have a backend/database/APIs if it helps complete your game, but you will primarily be judged on the frontend experience. The only requirement is that your game should be playable directly in a web browser.

We can’t wait to see (and play with) what you build!

Web Game Submission Template

Please review all judging criteria and challenge rules on the official challenge page before submitting.

One Byte Explainer

Don’t have time to build an entire game? Not to worry! You can participate by sharing your knowledge in a One Byte Explainer.

Present a web dev concept that a game dev might find useful (i.e. “What is a canvas in HTML”) or a game development argument/concept (i.e choosing one game engine over another, or “What is a game loop?”) in 256 characters or less.

You have 256 characters – less than a tweet – to get your point across so the challenge is keeping it simple, concise, and effective.

One Byte Explainer Template

Please review all judging criteria and challenge rules on the official challenge page before submitting.

We hope you give both challenges a try! Early submissions of the one-byte-explainer are appreciated in case it helps someone with the game challenge.

How To Participate

In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using the submission template associated with each prompt.

Please review our full rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such eligibility requirements.

Important Dates

  • September 18: Web Game Challenge: Alien Edition begins!
  • September 29: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
  • October 1: Winners Announced

We are very excited for your Web Game Challenge submissions! Questions? Ask them below.

Good luck and happy coding!

Comments 31 total

  • Jess Lee
    Jess LeeSep 18, 2024

    This is going to be a fun one!!

  • Ben Halpern
    Ben HalpernSep 18, 2024

    Good luck everyone!

  • Jim Hill
    Jim HillSep 18, 2024

    Can't wait to play through these submissions!

  • JT
    JTSep 19, 2024

    Interesting. Just to clarify, I see that you italicized the word Aliens for the topic. Does this refer to the concept of aliens in general, or must the game somehow be related to the retro game Aliens? Good luck to all participants!

    • Jess Lee
      Jess LeeSep 19, 2024

      The concept of aliens in general! Will remove the italicizing, thanks for letting us know that was creating confusion.

  • chintanonweb
    chintanonwebSep 19, 2024

    Nice challenge, I'm in!

  • АнонимSep 19, 2024

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    • John
      JohnSep 22, 2024

      Aliens incite fear and mockery? Dude you are overthinking quite a bit.

  • Justin Young
    Justin YoungSep 20, 2024

    this is very intriguing, i might give it a try

    • Justin Young
      Justin YoungSep 27, 2024

      This is gonna come down to the wire, i haven't had nearly as much time on this as I would like

    • Justin Young
      Justin YoungSep 28, 2024

      I got my submission in!!!

  • vikas nautiyal
    vikas nautiyalSep 20, 2024

    Looking forward to it !!

  • Vyacheslav Odinokov
    Vyacheslav OdinokovSep 20, 2024

    I dont get it.
    Is it only html5? What means html5? Does it mean only canvas, or I need use tags from html5 or number "5" is just randomly placed here? Because for example using tons of "div" isnt html5.
    Is backend language with database allowed?

    Better description will be simply "Create a game and it should be playable in browser".

    • Ben Halpern
      Ben HalpernSep 20, 2024

      Hi, thanks for the questions. We will clarify the prompt.

      The game should be compatible with any typical modern webpage load. So basically any non-experimental modern HTML.

      And great question about the server. We will clarify that. The rule is going to be that backends and data are allowed, but judging will primarily be on the frontend experience.

      • Ben Halpern
        Ben HalpernSep 20, 2024

        Official new prompt:

        Design and build a browser game with HTML/CSS/JS that incorporates Aliens as a theme. Your game may have a backend/database/APIs if it helps complete your game, but you will primarily be judged on the frontend experience. The only requirement is that your game should be playable directly in a web browser.

        Any remaining questions?

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  • Akshat Ramanathan
    Akshat RamanathanSep 21, 2024

    Cant wait to submit!

  • Abass Koroma
    Abass KoromaSep 22, 2024

    I can still wait to join and play with you together.

  • Abass Koroma
    Abass KoromaSep 22, 2024

    I know when someone came to me no way to be long asking.

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    Abass KoromaSep 22, 2024

    Hello

  • Dhanush N
    Dhanush NSep 24, 2024

    Can this game be built using Js Frameworks like React and CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS. Or it should be plain js, css files ?

  • Uzondu
    UzonduSep 24, 2024

    I am so excited to join the unique dev challenge

  • Uzondu
    UzonduSep 24, 2024

    Based on the prompts, I guess you cannot use Web Game Applications like GDevelop and others 😒

    • Jess Lee
      Jess LeeSep 24, 2024

      Hey @uzondu9, correct, you cannot use web game applications like GDevelop.

  • Uzondu
    UzonduSep 24, 2024

    However even if that is the case this will not be a disappointment for me; I will still be utilizing some of the basic web technologies I know to build the game according to the theme, HTML, CSS and JavaScript/TypeScript (Sorry can I use TypeScript?)

  • mohamed karim
    mohamed karimSep 25, 2024

    Thank for sharing

  • Elise
    EliseSep 26, 2024

    I'm going to try and do this

  • Uzondu
    UzonduSep 29, 2024

    I don't know whether this is an appropriate question, Is it possible to extend the challenge deadline because I am submitting late, and I guess you (The challenge coordinators) may not see my submission in good time. Anyway, here is my submission 👌 Live Site

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