Latest posts
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Understanding how to use Mulberry32 to achieve deterministic randomness in JavaScript
Randomness is rarely truly random in games. This article explains how Mulberry32 turns a single seed into a fully reproducible sequence of values, with a minimal JavaScript demo and real-world videogame applications.
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Text-to-Speech on your PC: running Chatterbox Turbo locally on Windows – clean setup + known pitfalls
Running modern text-to-speech models locally on Windows is anything but trivial. This step-by-step guide walks through a clean Chatterbox Turbo setup, from Python and virtual environments to PyTorch pitfalls, showing how to get reliable audio output without guesswork.
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JavaScript Input Buffering: a simple project to show delayed keyboard events
In this post I’ll show you a simple but powerful JavaScript experiment that visualizes keyboard input in real time and with a one-second delay. It’s a small project built with pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, designed to teach essential concepts like keydown/keyup listeners, precise input timing, and requestAnimationFrame loops; the same fundamentals used in games, replays, and input debugging tools.
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JavaScript + CSS 3D Wheel of Fortune
Build a fully 3D Wheel of Fortune using nothing but HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with pure geometry and a few clever transforms. Watch it spin in real 3D and see how a handful of divs can create a smooth, random wheel animation.
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Pure TypeScript class to handle math draw games: build your HTML5 math game in a matter of minutes – Phaser example included
Build your own HTML5 draw and sum game in just minutes: the DrawSum class is a standalone, dependency-free TypeScript class that manages the board, scoring, chain logic, and even calculates sprite animations. Phaser example included.
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Build a HTML5 “Helix Jump” prototype with Three.js and TypeScript – Step 4: scoring, animated CSS background and platforms fading away
In the fourth step of the Helix Jump HTML5 prototype with Three.js and TypeScript, I added a clean CSS-based score display, a subtle animated background using only CSS, and made destroyed platforms fade out and fly away with GSAP. These visual touches make the game feel more alive, and as always, you get the full line-by-line commented source code for free.
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Click when Red – learn JavaScript and CSS by building a reflex game in a single HTML page
Learn how to build a complete reflex game using only HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript — all in a single file. No frameworks, no dependencies, just pure code to teach you the real fundamentals of web development. Perfect for beginners who want to understand how a web page works, how to react to user input, and how to write game logic from scratch.
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Build a HTML5 “Helix Jump” prototype with Three.js and TypeScript – Step 3: adding spikes and using GSAP for camera tweening
In this third step of my Helix Jump prototype with Three.js and TypeScript, I’m adding deadly spikes and animating the camera using GSAP for smoother transitions. As always, I’m sharing the full source code, commented line by line, completely free.
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Build a HTML5 “Helix Jump” prototype with Three.js and TypeScript – Step 2: adding a bouncing ball with no physics engine
In this second step of my three.js HTML5 Helix Jump prototype, I added a bouncing ball, handled platform collisions and made platforms infinite. As always, you’ll find fully commented TypeScript source code.
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Build a HTML5 “Helix Jump” prototype with Three.js and TypeScript
Build the foundation of a HTML5 "Helix Jump" game using Three.js, TypeScript, and Vite. Learn to create a rotating tower with sliced platforms and manage shadows and lighting, all with fully commented source code to guide you step by step.
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Build a game like C64 classic Trailblazer in Three.js using TypeScript, with a lot of room for customization
First step in the creation of a HTML5 Trailblazer game using Three.js and TypeScript. Track movement, fake shadow and controls. Commented source code available.
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Vanilla JavaScript Columns, because everybody should build a Columns game
Simple vanilla JavaScript to build a Columns game rendering on canvas. Full source code available.
