The moment has finally arrived! We are thrilled to unveil the winners of our inaugural community web game challenge.
Our alien-themed Build a Web Game prompt sparked a wave of nostalgia across many of the submissions, transporting us back to the golden age of arcade games while showcasing modern web technologies. Our One Byte Explainer submissions demonstrated the art of concise communication, with concepts articulated into bite-sized, easily digestible explanations.
As the creator and founder behind Enclave Games, the js13kGames competition, and the Gamedev.js community, our guest judge Andrzej Mazur (@end3r) took on the challenging task of selecting our final winners. We are grateful for the wealth of expertise Andrzej brings to the table for our first web game challenge.
Read on to see who our two winners are!
Congratulations To…
Build a Web Game Winner
@jyoung4242 for building a strongly executed and well documented game, Alien Waves. Justin takes advantage of the engine used to create the game, but also added new features where needed. Not only is this game fun to play, but the submission itself serves as a great tutorial for developers learning how to build web games!
One Byte Explainer Winner
@hikolakita is our winning wordsmith with their explanation of Event Listeners. We were impressed by this byte because even non-technical folks can understand it - good tutorials usually use comparisons and analogies like this to explain complex concepts to readers.
Congrats again to both our winners!
Each will each receive the following prizes:
- A 6-month DEV++ Membership
- An exclusive DEV badge of honor
- A gift from the DEV Shop
All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.
What’s next?
Andrzej would like to welcome everyone to visit the js13kGames 2024 entries page and play some really cool games (each fit into a 13 kilobyte zip package!) from their competition this year. Winners for the js13kGames will be announced in just a few days, on October 5th.
We’ll be announcing two new challenges tomorrow (10/02):
- Pinata Challenge
- Hacktoberfest Writing Challenge
Be sure to follow #devchallenge so you don’t miss the announcement!
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our first web game challenge. We hope you had fun, felt challenged, and maybe added a thing or two to your professional profile.
See you next time!
Congratulations! 🎉