Heyo! I'm Drew from Denver, CO. I make games in JavaScript and am currently learning the Godot engine, which is like Python, for my next big project. Stoked to be here!
Welcome to DEV Drew! What type of games do you like to make? I've always been interested in making games in JS, but haven't found a great game engine I like... any tips there?
I had been working on a retro-style RPG in my free time for a few years, similar to Earthbound, Pokemon, Super Mario RPG, etc. It came out on Steam earlier this year: store.steampowered.com/app/1064690...
We (a friend and I) used Create React App and wrapped the final output with Electron. It's nothing fancy - mostly simple divs and sprite sheets moving around on screen. It was simple enough to not need a physics engine or anything like that.
I haven't used it, but I know people love Phaser as a JS game engine: phaser.io/
Oh, that's awesome! I actually think I saw a talk, or podcast or something about your game (I definitely remember the graphics and that you built it with just React - but can't remember where I heard about it); that's really neat :)
Heyo! I'm Drew from Denver, CO. I make games in JavaScript and am currently learning the Godot engine, which is like Python, for my next big project. Stoked to be here!
Welcome to DEV Drew! What type of games do you like to make? I've always been interested in making games in JS, but haven't found a great game engine I like... any tips there?
Hey Chris!
I had been working on a retro-style RPG in my free time for a few years, similar to Earthbound, Pokemon, Super Mario RPG, etc. It came out on Steam earlier this year: store.steampowered.com/app/1064690...
We (a friend and I) used Create React App and wrapped the final output with Electron. It's nothing fancy - mostly simple divs and sprite sheets moving around on screen. It was simple enough to not need a physics engine or anything like that.
I haven't used it, but I know people love Phaser as a JS game engine:
phaser.io/
Oh, that's awesome! I actually think I saw a talk, or podcast or something about your game (I definitely remember the graphics and that you built it with just React - but can't remember where I heard about it); that's really neat :)
Ah yeah, found it - it was syntax with Wes Bos :)
Congrats!