Why participate?

• For fun
• Grow your skills
• New friends

Prizes

• Worth around 20.000 USD
• T-shirts (and CDs!) for top 100 entries
• Fame and fortune

Judges

Constructive feedback: what was good, what could be improved.

New category: WebXR

Minifying and
compressing
your code

Templates

js13k-boilerplate

Kontra

JS code minification

Tools: Google Closure Compiler, YUI Compressor, UglifyJS

Services: Compressor Rater, JSMini, JSObfuscate

GFX compression

Services: TinyPNG, Optimizilla

Apps: ImageOptim

Procedural level generation

Music generation

jsfxr

Pick and chose

js13kgames.github.io/resources

It's not a hackathon
(or is it?)

You have plenty
of time

Come up with
a good idea

Learn from others

• See the games from previous years
• Check sources on GitHub
• Read post-mortems
• Ask questions, help others

Remove as much
as possible

...and finish the game!

Post-compo

versions

Evil Glitch

Glitch Buster