Js13kGames
{{short description|Game jam competition}}
js13kGames (also referenced as JS13K) is a game jam competition, focused on creating browser games that are no larger than 13 kilobytes when compressed using ZIP.{{cite web |last1=Booker |first1=Logan |title=These Amazing Browser Games Are 13 Kilobytes Or Less In Size |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/10/all-these-amazing-browser-games-take-up-13-kilobytes-or-less/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007044841/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/10/all-these-amazing-browser-games-take-up-13-kilobytes-or-less/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2018 |website=Kotaku |date=8 October 2018 |access-date=22 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=js13kGames Rules |url=https://js13kgames.com/#rules |website=js13kGames |access-date=22 September 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Castledine |first1=Earle |title=Html5 games : novice to ninja |date=2018 |publisher=Sitepoint Pty Ltd |isbn=9781492065425 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkRMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155 |access-date=22 September 2021}}
Participants are not permitted to use external services or libraries, and all assets must also fit within the size limit.{{cite web |last1=Kubow |first1=Ania |title=20 Award-Winning 13-Kilobyte JavaScript Games You Can Play in Your Browser – js13k 2020 Winners |url=https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/20-award-winning-games-explained-code-breakdown/ |website=freeCodeCamp.org |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=22 September 2021}}
Games are programmed in JavaScript and HTML5.{{cite book |last1=van der Spuy |first1=Rex |title=The Advanced Game Developer's Toolkit: Create Amazing Web-based Games with JavaScript and HTML5 |date=2017 |publisher=Apress |location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1484210987 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gwrDwAAQBAJ&dq=js13kGames&pg=PA4 |access-date=22 September 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Darren |title=JavaScript: Novice to Ninja |date=2014 |publisher=SitePoint Pty. Ltd. |isbn=978-0992461225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhijBgAAQBAJ&dq=js13kGames&pg=PT537}}{{cite web |title=Why are there so few female developers in video games industry? |url=https://businesscloud.co.uk/blog/2020/10/02/why-are-there-so-few-female-developers-in-video-games-industry/ |website=BusinessCloud |access-date=22 September 2021}}
The competition has a different theme each year and participants have the freedom to interpret it however they like.{{cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Lee |title=Top 10 games from the JS13K 2020 competition |url=https://github.blog/2020-10-11-top-ten-games-from-the-js13k-2020-competition/ |website=GitHub Blog |access-date=22 September 2021}}
Winners receive prizes consisting of money, digital rewards, T-shirts, and promotional items.{{cite web |last1=Zwiezen |first1=Zack |title=Wow, This Quake Clone Is Smaller Than A Word Doc |url=https://kotaku.com/wow-this-quake-clone-is-smaller-than-a-word-doc-1847668782 |website=Kotaku |access-date=22 September 2021}}
History
JS13K was founded in 2012 and is run by Andrzej Mazur.{{cite web |last1=Bode |first1=Karl |title=This Real Time Strategy Game Is Just 13 Kilobytes |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-real-time-strategy-game-is-just-13-kilobytes/ |website=Vice |access-date=22 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=Js13kGames: the tiniest HTML5 games |url=https://www.creativebloq.com/html5/js13kgames-tiniest-html5-games-9126090 |website=Creative Bloq |access-date=22 September 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Tokuoka |first1=Masaharu |title=What knowledge is brought about by the game jam "js13k Games", making 13KB games with JavaScript in one month? |url=https://jp.gamesindustry.biz/article/1710/17101603/ |website=gamesIndustry.biz |access-date=22 September 2021}}
It is held from 13 August to 13 September annually.{{cite web |last1=Depold |first1=Sascha |title=js13kGames — a review |url=https://ebaytech.berlin/js13kgames-a-review-c10cbe9a39e3 |website=eBay Tech |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922034203/https://ebaytech.berlin/js13kgames-a-review-c10cbe9a39e3 |url-status=dead }}
Since 2017 there are categories that allow for certain frameworks to not count towards the size limit.{{cite web |last1=Serrano |first1=Fernando |title=WebXR category in JS13KGames! |url=https://blog.mozvr.com/webxr-category-in-js13kgames/ |website=Mozilla Mixed Reality Blog |access-date=22 September 2021}}
JS13k introduced a web monetization category in 2019 in partnership with Coil,{{cite web |title=Top Picks from js13k 2019 |url=https://coil.com/p/feraltc/Top-Picks-from-js13k-2019/0NUV7U8ao |website=Coil.com |access-date=22 September 2021}} which continued through 2020 funded partially by Grant for the Web.{{cite web |title=Enclave Games: A Grant for the Web Awardee |url=https://www.grantfortheweb.org/blog/enclave-games |website=Grant for the Web |access-date=22 September 2021}}
Several well known game designers have participated in JS13K including Markus "Notch" Persson (creator of Minecraft){{Cite tweet |user=notch |number=1038191624923148289 |title=Notch talks about his jS13kGames entry |df=dmy}} and Ricardo "Mrdoob" Cabello (creator of Three.js).{{cite web |title=13kb-404 |url=https://js13kgames.com/entries/13kb-404 |website=js13kGames |access-date=22 September 2021}}
Some games created for the competition have later been released commercially on Steam including 2016 winner Evil Glitch.{{cite web |last1=Andres |first1=Giovanny |title=An Interview With Giovanny Beltran, js13kgames Winner |url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/10/an-interview-with-giovanny-beltran-js13kgames-winner/ |website=Mozilla Hacks |access-date=22 September 2021}} Others have been mentioned across the internet in various articles around the event itself.{{Cite web|date=2018-01-11|title=Jam Favorites: Js13kGames 2017|url=https://bigbossbattle.com/jam-favorites-js13kgames-2017/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=Big Boss Battle (B3)|language=en-GB}}
In 2015, JS13K started to expand, including a panel of judges for each of their events.{{Cite web|last=end3r|title=Js13kGames - HTML5 and JavaScript Game Development Competition in just 13 kilobytes|url=https://js13kgames.com/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=js13kgames.com}} There are a few judges that have been featured in every single event, including Dann Sullivan of Pocket Gamer, Game Developer [https://mcfunkypants.com/ Christer Kaitilla], and Games Journalist [https://jupiterhadley.com/judging/ Jupiter Hadley].
In 2024, Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript, appreciated one of the participants for their competition entry.{{Cite web|last=end3r|title=Brendan Eich on X|url=https://x.com/BrendanEich/status/1806033253553582587|access-date=2024-07-02|website=x.com}}
Results
References
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External links
- {{official|https://js13kgames.com}}