Build amazing 2D games for the web using Excalibur. For Free.

Brand new Excalibur Tiled plugin! Redone to make it easier to use! ⚔️ Works on: * Normal & Isometric Tiled Maps * Infinite Maps * All file types! Features: * Entity factories to place actors * Camera support * Solid layers & custom colliders * Query all data #gamedev
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New version is up on npm with the newest version of excalibur! npm install excalibur@0.28.5 npm install @excaliburjs/plugin-tiled@0.29.0-alpha.1
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We made the tagline! ⚔️😍 mailchi.mp/7a2bed81a2f2/game…
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Excalibur.js v0.28.4 has been released with some bug fixes and some super cool additions to materials! You can now reference the screen texture `u_screen_texture` and the current time `u_time_ms` in material shaders! #gamedev #typescript
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Here is the shader code if you'd like your own water effect!
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Did you know you can make custom materials in Excalibur.js like this outline shader? No need to draw new sprites for every outline! ⚔️💖 #typescript #gamedev

ALT Example of a sword and heart sprite with a rainbow pixel outline

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Shader code if you'd like an outline too!
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Excalibur code for this example, load you're own sprite and voila! ✨
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New high fidelity Excalibur.js sample tactics game! Inspired by Advance Wars! #gamedev #typescript #javascript excaliburjs.com/sample-tacti…

ALT Example of Tiny Tactics gameplay

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Excalibur v0.28.2 has been released! This is mostly a bugfix release with notable performance improvements to Tilemap with a QuadTree data structure! github.com/excaliburjs/Excal… #gamedev #typescript #javascript
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excalibur.js retweeted
Hi friends! Going to stream again tonight at 8:30 central (1 hour from now) we'll try and finish up the LDtk plugin (ldtk.io/) we started last time for excalibur. We ended last time with Tile layers loading! twitch.tv/eonarheim #gamedev #typescript #ldtk
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New sample games for Excalibur + Tiled with your favorite bundlers and github actions examples! Webpack: github.com/excaliburjs/sampl… Parcel: github.com/excaliburjs/sampl… Vite: github.com/excaliburjs/sampl… #typescript #gamedev #excaliburjs #github

ALT Example of a small game where a character walks around on grass to a treasure chest

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Hi friends! Tonight @ 8:30 central we are hacking on excaliburjs.com and building a brand new LDtk plugin (ldtk.io/) to support their level format in Excalibur! #gamedev #javascript #typescript twitch.tv/eonarheim
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Excalibur is featured in the Web Game Dev Newsletter! ⚔️
💌 The Web Game Dev Newsletter Issue 018 is out! Read it online here: webgamedev.com/newsletter/01…, and subscribe to get the next ones delivered right to your inbox! 📷 #unity #threejs
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We know it's intimidating to make your first game, which is why we've built excaliburjs.com to be free, open source, and as accessible as possible to folks new to game dev. Give us a try! #gamedev #typescript #javascript
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Looking to make a 2D game? Give excaliburjs.com a try! We've got: * TypeScript! * An easy to use API similar to Godot/Unity * Built in Physics * Pointer/Keyboard/Gamepad Input * Automatic Draw Batching * Custom Shader Support * Aseprite Support * TileMap and Tiled Support
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Also Excalibur is BSD licensed and will aways be free and open source!
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