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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 12h

I just finished up a live coding stream! Watch me create a mini music sequencer with LittleJS in about an hour. It has a major scale piano roll, kick, high hat, and tempo slider. 🎹🥁😅👍 #gamedev #littlejs

www.twitch.tv/videos/25884...

Live Game Dev 👨‍💻 - killedbyapixel on Twitch

killedbyapixel went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Software and Game Development VOD now.

www.twitch.tv

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 3d

New prizes added to the jam! @github.com is back as a sponsor with 3x copilot pro for 3 months!

I love using copilot to work with #LittleJS. My new favorite agent prompt is asking it to look over my codebase for small bugs, it always finds something! 😅👍

itch.io/jam/littlejs...

LittleJS Game Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-10-03 to 2025-11-17 hosted by Frank Force Games. Welcome to the second annual LittleJS Game Jam ! This event is an exciting opportunity to unleash your creativity and develop amaz...

itch.io

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 4d

ZzFX sound was used by 6 of the top 10 JS13K games, including top 3 in audio, congrats! 🏆💤🚀 #js13k

ZzFX is a tiny open source tool that can play sound effects like magic without needing sound files. What would you like to see in ZZFX 2.0? 🔊🤔

killedbyapixel.github.io/ZzFX/

ZzFX - Zuper Zmall Zound Zynth

A tiny sound effects generator for games and websites!

killedbyapixel.github.io

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 5d

Here are 2 more #js13k games that used LittleJS and they are both great! ✌️😄 #littlejs

Miss Fortune by Daniel Jeffery #55 overall
js13kgames.com/2025/games/m...

KleptoKitty by @eoinmcg #22 overall, 6th place controls, congrats! 🚀
js13kgames.com/games/klepto...

KleptoKitty

A game in the js13kGames 2025 competition. Play it now, for free!

js13kgames.com

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 5d

I just finished up a game dev live stream working on LittleJS and discussing the new features. We fixed a few bugs and improved the lunar lander mini game. Planning to do these more often, at least during the game jam. 😅👍 #gamedev #littlejs

www.twitch.tv/videos/25841...

Live Game Dev 👨‍💻 - killedbyapixel on Twitch

killedbyapixel went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Software and Game Development VOD now.

www.twitch.tv

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 6d

My #JS13K game L1ttl3 Paws got 26th place! There were so many awesome games this year, and I really didn't get started until late in the contest. I'm just glad to be in the top 30! 😅👍 #gamedev #littlejs

js13kgames.com/games/l1ttl3...

L1ttl3 Paws

A game in the js13kGames 2025 competition. Play it now, for free!

js13kgames.com

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 6d

There is also a short postmortem and code on GitHub...

github.com/js13kGames/b...

GitHub - js13kGames/black-cat-squadron: Black Cat Squadron - a js13kGames 2025 competition entry by @repsej.

Black Cat Squadron - a js13kGames 2025 competition entry by @repsej. - js13kGames/black-cat-squadron

github.com

Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 6d

Huge congrats to "Black Cat Squadron" for winning 5th place overall in #js13k using LittleJS Engine! It also works great on mobile devices, check it out! 🛩️💥🐈‍⬛ #littlejs

js13kgames.com/2025/games/b...

Black Cat Squadron

A game in the js13kGames 2025 competition. Play it now, for free!

js13kgames.com

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 7d

LittleJS Jam is live! The theme is: SMALL. You've got one month to build a browser game with LittleJS. There is a $100 cash prize for best game and $100 for charity. All aboard, full speed ahead! Choo choo! 🚂🤏🔍🐞

itch.io/jam/littlejs...

LittleJS Game Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-10-03 to 2025-11-17 hosted by Frank Force Games. Welcome to the second annual LittleJS Game Jam ! This event is an exciting opportunity to unleash your creativity and develop amaz...

itch.io

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 8d

LittleJS Jam 2025 starts tomorrow! 🚀

Theme will be announced tomorrow at 9 am! I will also livestream a demo to show some of the cool new features we've added since last year. See you there. 😅👍 🚂💨 #gamejam #gamedev

itch.io/jam/littlejs...

LittleJS Game Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-10-03 to 2025-11-17 hosted by Frank Force Games. Welcome to the second annual LittleJS Game Jam ! This event is an exciting opportunity to unleash your creativity and develop amaz...

itch.io

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 20d

Hedge Maze 🌳 www.dwitter.net/d/34341 #tinycode #javascript

for(w=83,i=6e3;t<3&&i--;d=i**3.2*t%4<<1)x.fillRect(i%w*T-i/9,i/2-t*40-T,T=40,t?A[i]:A=[w]),A[j=i*2]&&!A[j+=d=d>2?d*w-w*5:d-1]&!A[j+d]&j%w<81?A[j]=A[j+d]=T:x.fillStyle=R(v=t<2.9?t*35:170,v*2,v/2)

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eoinmcg @eoinmcgrath.com · 22d

Just posted a mini postmortem of my #js13k entry 🐱💎
What went right, what went wrong, and how I crammed a kleptomaniac cat into 13kb 👉
eoinmcgrath.com/kleptokitty/...

🕹️ Play & rate KleptoKitty:
js13kgames.com/2025/games/k...

#gamedev #littlejs

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 22d

LittleJS rendering system is crazy fast. For the procedural hills in my #js13k game, I just draw a few thousand thin vertical strips. No sweat. 💪🚂

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 22d

There is another LittleJS game in #JS13K and it's fantastic! 🛩️💥🐈‍⬛

Black Cat Squadron by repsej is a one button shooter based on a real WW2 secret US Navy squadron. There are 10 levels with a final boss and you can continue!

js13kgames.com/games/black-...

Black Cat Squadron

A game in the js13kGames 2025 competition. Play it now, for free!

js13kgames.com

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 24d

Full playthrough of my #js13k game L1ttl3 Paws in silky smooth 60fps using the new video recording feature coming very soon to LittleJS engine! 😸👍 #gamedev

youtu.be/leeqG-vjBXs?...

L1ttl3 Paws - Cat glider with procedural art and levels for JS13K

YouTube video by Frank Force Games

youtu.be

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 25d

Here's a demo of the procedural levels in my #js13k game from a zoomed out perspective. 🔭 #gamedev

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 26d

Wish I could, but I am still recovering from js13k! I always wanted to make a game like super puzzle fighter. About 20 years ago I made a game that was kind of cool inspired by bust a move but with physics, would be fun to revisit that too.

youtu.be/Xzf-eNtMxTc?...

Complements - First video

YouTube video by Frank Force Games

youtu.be

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 26d

Tiny Tiny Wings 🐧 www.dwitter.net/d/34293

My #js13k game wasn't tiny enough so I one impossibly tiny!

t?c.width|=onclick=e=>W=50:X=Y=V=W=3
X+=V,Y+=W+=.5
for(i=2e3;i--;x.fillRect(i-9,o?h:Yd=S(X/90),n=-d*(m=1/(d*d+1)**.5),V-=n*=e=V*n+W*m,W-=m*=e,Y=h),18,o?h:-99))o=i-1e3,h=900-C((o+X)/90)*90

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 26d

While the #js13k site is down you can still play my new game on GitHub! Check it out... 😅👍

killedbyapixel.github.io/JS13K2025/

L1ttl3 Paws

Tiny one button action game.

killedbyapixel.github.io

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 26d

I named them! 😸 #js13k #cats

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 26d

Parallax for days.... 😹 #gamedev

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 27d

thanks!

Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 27d

What names would you choose for the 13 cats in my #js13k game? Which one would you adopt? 😻 #indiedev

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · 27d

Cats can fly now! 😺🐾 #meow

js13kgames.com/2025/games/l...

Play my new #js13k game L1TTL3 PAWS in your browser! It is a demake of Tiny Wings with cats. 😻 There is procedural art and levels. It works great on mobile. All in under 13kb! Can you rescue all 13 cats? 🐈

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Frank Force @frankforce.bsky.social · Sep 9

All those hours I spent playing tiny wings are finally paying off! 😅👍 End of level ramps and transitions, better procedural textures, improved gameplay, about 100 other small things. Demo tomorrow! #js13k

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