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André Cardoso @andremc.bsky.social · 2d

Recently had the opportunity to build 3 demos to demonstrate the power of game feel!

Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed! Although, it's the constraints that make every project, creator, and process uniquely interesting. I love hearing about these unique experiences - like someone starting from scratch just two days before a competition closes and still making the top 10!

Gleb Volkov @glebv.bsky.social · 2d

The main takeaway from #js13k 2025: don't sink time into big, complex, self-contained concepts you don't have resources to finish properly. Start small but complete - then polish it as far as you can.

Next year's goal: get the game to playtests and tune the gameplay from there 🚀

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 2d

We did it! 🎂 Our game Cat Survivors took 2nd place in three categories at #js13k 2025! 🏆 Huge thanks to everyone who played, rated, and shared feedback, to @end3r.bsky.social for another amazing jam!

Time to celebrate… with cake 🍰

#gamedev #cats #indiegame #indieGameDev #gamejam

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Andrzej Mazur @end3r.bsky.social · 4d

Here are the WINNERS of the #JS13K 2025 competition, congratulations! 🎉

1. CLAWSTRIKE
2. Cat Survivors
3. Witchcat

Blog post: js13kgames.com/2025/blog/wi...

Full results: js13kgames.com#winners

#gamedev #gamedevjs #gamejam #indiedev #indiegames #JavaScript #HTML5

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 4d

The #js13k voting has ended - congrats to all participants! 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who left feedback on Cat Survivors during the jam, it really means a lot. 🙏
Meanwhile, I'm adding gamepad support and building a fresh UI from scratch. 🕹✨

#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 5d

We just finished Alien: Earth. It was definitely better than we expected!

#SciFi #AlienEarth #alienearthfx

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 7d

We played it on the school computer! 👏👏👏

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 9d

We made a 4K 60FPS trailer for a 13kb jam game Cat Survivors 🤯 Because even the smallest projects deserve epic treatment!

📺 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy2n...
🎮 Play: js13kgames.com/2025/games/c...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #js13k #gamejam #javascript

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 11d

This game is very addictive! Controls are so smooth! One of my fav games this year ✨

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 11d

Oh no!

Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · 11d

🐈‍⬛ Our 13kb game Cat Survivors is part of #js13k 2025!
A vector-art twist on Vampire Survivors: survive 10 minutes... and maybe meet a special friend 💗
🎮 Play now: js13kgames.com/2025/games/c...
🗳️ Voting open until Oct 4!

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · May 1

🎉 Website Update!
🔗 Try it: eliasku.win

✅ Dark/light themes toggle
✅ Fixed syntax highlighting
✨ Twemojis replace emojis at build-time
✨ Copied text keeps original emoji (alt trick!)

#WebDesign #UIUpdate #DarkMode #FrontEnd #Sass #Twemoji #DevTips

Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · Apr 26

Improve my SSG dev-server by creating custom file watcher on file contents by comparing SHA-256 hashes
Read more: eliasku.win/blog/optimiz...
#webdevelopment #solodev #indiedev #nodejs #javascript

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · Apr 20

🚨Created a dev-server from scratch! 😕Why from scratch? To learn something new!✍️ Interested? Read my article🔗 eliasku.win/blog/make-st...

📞 Share your thoughts!

#webdevelopment #diy #javascript #typescript #Website #webdev #programming #Coding #IndieDevs #gamedevelopment #gamedev

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · Apr 16

🚨 built my own static site generator from scratch! TypeScript, Node.js, marked + eta.
🤯 Shocked. Now my SSG clean and simple.
👉 Read full article: eliasku.win/blog/make-st...

#WebDevelopment #DIY #coder #website #article #ssg #eta #javascript #typescript

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Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks a lot!

Elias Ku @eliasku.bsky.social · Apr 8

💫 I start making new game from scratch in November 2024. Like first month of development 🎉, basic 3d, glb, game mechanics, core loop, bad texts ui, path finding ⚙️
WDYT ❔
Post more ❔

#gamedev #indiegamedev #Web3Gaming #game #indiedev #selfpublishing #webgl #webgame #html5

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