Why participate?

• For fun
• Grow your skills
• New friends

Prizes

• Worth more than 20.000 USD
• T-shirts (and bottle openers) for top 100 entries
• Fame and fortune

Judges

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

Voting

1 vs 1 battles.

WebXR

js13kgames.com/webxr

Web Monetization

js13kgames.com/webmonetization

Minifying and
compressing
your code

Templates

github.com/ooflorent/js13k-boilerplate

straker.github.io/kontra/

JS code minification

Tools: 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?)

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

Lack of ideas?

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back

Still?

1. Join Slack (slack.js13kgames.com)
2. "Hello, I need inspiration for a theme"
3. ...
4. PROFIT