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JSLegendDev’s Substack
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JSLegendDev’s Substack is a personal blog at jslegenddev.substack.com about games and programming. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 45 times, most often “You can make PS2 games in JavaScript”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-30, and you can follow it by feed.
I write about programming, game development and game design.
Most-linked posts?
- You can make PS2 games in JavaScript3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-09-30
- Export Web Games for Desktop in One Click2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-11-01
- The Phaser Game Framework in 5 Minutes2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-07
- How Do Devs Make Levels Without Game Engines?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-08
- The Struggle of Wrapping a JavaScript Game for Desktop2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-27
- Why Text in Vampire Survivors Used to Look Weird2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-12-11
What Hacker News says?
That's because I'm using GemShell. It's tool that generates executables using, under the hood, Neutralino which is similar to Tauri (uses the OS's webview rather than packaging a Chromium instance). More info here, if you're interested : https://jslegenddev.substack.com/p/export-web-games-for-desk...
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on “I'm making a small RPG and I need feeback regarding performance”Submitted You can make PS2 games in JavaScript as a story · 320 points
HN discussionNice! This made my day :) Thanks to you and your son for playing my game. I'm hoping to publish a step by step tutorial soon on how to develop this in JavaScript for anyone interested in learning gamedev. I usually post my tutorials on my YouTube channel here : https://youtube.com/@jslegenddev (Plenty of tutorials available already for people interested in JS gamedev) I plan this time on also publishing a written ve…
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on “Classic Duck Hunt game made in JavaScript and Kaplay”Submitted Making a Small RPG as a story · 243 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pixel Art Tips for Programmers as a story · 172 points
HN discussionSubmitted I'm making a small RPG and I need feeback regarding performance as a story · 91 points
HN discussionSubmitted Starting game development in JavaScript with no experience as a story · 80 points
HN discussionSubmitted What caused performance issues in my tiny RPG as a story · 32 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Can Now Make PS2 Games in JavaScript as a story · 18 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Use React for Game Development? as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Export Web Games for Desktop in One Click as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Can Now Make PS2 Games in JavaScript as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Struggle of Wrapping a JavaScript Game for Desktop as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where to Find Inspiration for Making Small Games as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Struggle of Wrapping a JavaScript Game for Desktop as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Trick to Designing Highly Replayable Arcade and Linear Games as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Should Make Web Games as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Phaser Game Framework in 5 Minutes as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learn to Build a Sonic Themed Infinite Runner Game in TypeScript with Kaplay as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learn the Basics of JavaScript and Kaplay to Make Games Quickly as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Small RPG Is Finally Taking Shape as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Tried 3 Web Game Frameworks (So You Don't Have To) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learn Phaser 4 by Building a Sonic Themed Infinite Runner Game in JavaScript as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Switching from JavaScript to Godot for My RPG as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Programmer's Roller Coaster (Comic) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Text in Vampire Survivors Used to Look Weird as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Text in Vampire Survivors Used to Look Like This as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Export Web Games for Desktop in One Click as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Do Devs Make Levels Without Game Engines? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Kaplay Game Library in 5 Minutes as a story · 2 points
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