Enclave Games in 2020, and plans for 2021
Tags: gamedev, webmonetization, javascript, summary
Published: 2021-01-07 15:34:54

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title: Enclave Games in 2020, and plans for 2021
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Even though 2020 was overall a terrible year, we are really happy with how it turned out for us, given we [received a grant from the Grant for the Web program](https://enclavegames.com/blog/awarded-grant-for-the-web/) to work on our projects.

If you’re wondering how previous years looked for us, check out the summaries of: [2015](https://end3r.com/blog/2016/02/enclave-games-in-2015-and-plans-for-2016/), [2016](https://end3r.com/blog/2017/01/enclave-games-in-2016-and-plans-for-2017/), [2017](https://end3r.com/blog/2018/01/enclave-games-in-2017-and-plans-for-2018/), [2018](https://end3r.com/blog/2019/01/enclave-games-in-2018-and-plans-for-2019/), and [2019](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/01/enclave-games-in-2019-and-plans-for-2020/). Let’s traditionally start with the plans from last year and see how they ended up:

- **Refreshing websites** - _this one worked well: both [End3r’s Corner](https://end3r.com/) and [Enclave Games](https://enclavegames.com/) websites were finally, properly [rebuilt](https://end3r.com/blog/new-beginning-again/) and [updated](https://enclavegames.com/blog/back-to-two/), although [js13kGames](https://js13kgames.com/) is still waiting for that_
- **Building new games** - _NOPE, was hoping to build a few after the release of Phaser 4 Nano, but that [never happened](https://enclavegames.com/blog/grant-report-1/)_
- **Keep Gamedev.js Warsaw events going** - _pandemic said NO, but we did one meetup in [February](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/03/gamedev-js-warsaw-15/) and an online one in [December](https://gamedevjs.pl/wydarzenia/warszawa-meetup-16) though_
- **Starting Gamedev.js Jam** - _yup, [Gamedev.js Jam 2020](https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2020) was a thing, and I plan to have 2021 one as well_
- **Running Gamedev.js Survey** - _not yet, but it’s part of the grant, so will be out soon_
- **Write and publish at least one eBook** - _same as the Survey_

Ok, and now the last sentence from the [2019 report](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/01/enclave-games-in-2019-and-plans-for-2020/):

> Grant for the Web fund was announced - I’m gonna try to be as involved as possible. Implementing Web Monetization in our games and other stuff will be one of the top priorities this year.

Yup, 100%. I went full into **Web Monetization** - we [got the grant](https://enclavegames.com/blog/awarded-grant-for-the-web/), and it was the most important thing that happened for us in 2020. I’m really happy we were able to pull this one off!

Now onto the **bad** , **ok** , and **good** things from the past twelve months.

## [<svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg>](#bad-things)Bad things

![Enclave Games - 2020: Tech Speakers](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/gnnowskbc45godsh5rht.jpg)

The **Mozilla Tech Speakers** program [was cancelled](https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2020/09/03/five-years-of-tech-speakers/) after the five fruitful years, and this was the saddest thing to happen for me in 2020. We were literally one big family, and I’m hoping to stick with a few fine folks even after it was disbanded.

![Enclave Games - 2020: AV setup](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/bl82lckwddi1rkf9h6hg.jpg)

Because of the pandemic there was no traveling to conferences at all, first time since I started [public speaking](https://end3r.com/speaking/) in 2011. I decided to [shift my focus](https://end3r.com/blog/shifting-focus/) towards writing and coding, but after wasting my time on [js13kGames](https://js13kgames.com/) again, I quickly realized I still like evangelizing and [got back to it](https://end3r.com/blog/getting-back-tech-speaking-av-setup/) like I never left.

![Enclave Games - 2020: Winter Flood Escape](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/k6wtllka3fzrp1ss3k0z.jpg)

No new games - it’s getting out of hand for the ”_Game Development Studio_”, since our last released game was [Flood Escape](https://flood.enclavegames.com/) back in 2017… I worked a bit on the **Hat Tricks** and **Rack Match** games, and the **NSHex Roulette** app. New [winter level](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/01/new-winter-level-in-flood-escape/) for **Flood Escape** was published, and the **NSHex Counter** app [got Troglodytes](https://enclavegames.com/blog/nshex-counter-gets-troglodytes/).

![Enclave Games - 2020: 404](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/ydlz4yil1evd6it3g6qi.png)

No new backend for [js13kGames](https://js13kgames.com/), almost equally terrible to cancelling Tech Speakers.

[OpenHTML5Games](https://openhtml5games.com/) is still a placeholder, another year in a row.

[Gamedevjs.com](https://gamedevjs.com/) site is almost dormant, with random news mostly about my own projects, and only when I realize it would be nice to publish _anything_ once every now and then.

## [<svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg>](#ok-things)Ok things

![Enclave Games - 2020: js13kGames kick-off](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/tr4vf8xjaj0exzdu5rqj.jpg)

I kind of managed to run [js13kGames 2020](https://2020.js13kgames.com/) after all, even though I was saying I’d rather cancel than do it again with the same old backend forcing a lot of manual maintenance. It did take a few months worth of work out of this year though, like it did in previous ones, which I was hoping to avoid.

The [Gamedev.js Weekly](https://gamedevjsweekly.com/) newsletter is being sent every single Friday, but it wasn’t refreshed at all. The whole effort is spent on preparing and emailing the contents, while none at all on promoting - that’s why it didn’t grow at all, still having about 6k subscribers.

## [<svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg>](#good-things)Good things

![Enclave Games - 2020: js13kGames Nintendo Switch](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/0brbpfi20f3lz3d5w77k.png)

**Grant for the Web**! [Getting it](https://www.grantfortheweb.org/blog/enclave-games) was without a doubt the best thing that happened to **Enclave Games** in 2020. Most of the year revolved around **Web Monetization and HTML5 games** in [various forms](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/04/new-coil-explore-page-with-enclave-games-and-js13kgames/) - 90% of the content in this yearly summary is about exactly that. For example, the js13kGames 2020 competition offered a [Nintendo Switch](https://medium.com/js13kgames/win-nintendo-switch-and-get-jupis-coverage-in-web-monetization-category-1c7b859c6451) for the winner of the [Web Monetization category](https://js13kgames.com/webmonetization).

![Enclave Games - 2020: Gamedev.js Jam](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/koxr0gxo2knj067hqdbx.jpg)

[Gamedev.js Jam 2020](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/05/gamedev-js-jam-2020-post-mortem/) happened, and hopefully it’s going to be a yearly gig, next time with **Web Monetization**.

![Enclave Games - 2020: OS13k](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/dv1cg5rwm8qjgmga0g5t.jpg)

Many contributors were active on the [js13kGames’ Medium blog](https://medium.com/js13kgames):

- **Aurélio A. Heckert** : [Server category with WebRTC](https://medium.com/js13kgames/welcome-to-webrtc-d5fcda0fca94)
- **Frank Force** : [OS13k - an unofficial trophy and music system for JS13k](https://medium.com/js13kgames/os13k-an-unofficial-trophy-and-music-system-for-js13k-d799bf0ba126)
- **Platane** : [Submission form made better](https://medium.com/js13kgames/submission-form-made-better-78f10109364b)
- **Steven K. Lambert** : [What’s new in Kontra.js v7](https://medium.com/js13kgames/whats-new-in-kontra-js-v7-f255f870ee8)

![Enclave Games - 2020: Game Programming Patterns book](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/t29y80i11m6vybc5oyc1.jpg)

I did a [tech review](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/06/technical-reviewing-polish-translation-of-the-game-programming-patterns-book/) of the Polish translation of the **Game Programming Patterns** book, was a [judge](https://end3r.com/blog/top5-web-monetization-challenge-2020/) in **The Web Monetization Challenge 2020** , and an [advisor](https://end3r.com/blog/kernel-gaming-guild/) for the **Kernel Gaming Guild**.

![Enclave Games - 2020: W3C Games CG December 2020](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/4e5vi6bvoh0e0oi71igc.jpg)

I participated in a few [podcasts](https://end3r.com/speaking/#podcasts) and [panels](https://end3r.com/speaking/#panels), and gave a few talks: last physical one at the [Gamedev.js Warsaw #15](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/03/gamedev-js-warsaw-15/), then an online [Tech Briefing](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/05/tech-speakers-briefing-about-web-monetization/) when Tech Speakers were still active, the [js13kGames kick-off](https://end3r.com/blog/js13kgames-2020-kickoff-meetup/) meetup, [TPAC 2020](https://end3r.com/blog/w3c-games-cg-tpac-2020/) event, [Future of Micropayments 2020](https://end3r.com/blog/future-of-micropayments-2020/) conference, the [Gamedev.js Warsaw #16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XN8389kEZs) meetup that happened during the Warsaw IT Days 2020 conference, and the [W3C Games December 2020](https://end3r.com/blog/w3c-games-cg-dec-2020/) meetup.

## [<svg aria-hidden="true" focusable="false" height="16" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg>](#plans-for-2020)Plans for 2021

Finish remaining **Grant for the Web** work as soon as possible: Web Monetized games, Survey, and the eBook. Try getting a second grant?

Pick up [Phaser](https://phaser.io/) 4 when it’s released, and make my own **Nano** version to build tiny games (for [GameSnacks](https://end3r.com/blog/2020/03/joining-forces-with-gamesnacks/), [KaiOS](https://end3r.com/blog/tag/kai-os/), etc), maybe even create a video tutorial about it.

Do more tech speaking about **Web Monetization** , work closer with [Coil](https://coil.com/?ref=end3r), and be more active within [W3C Games](https://end3r.com/blog/tag/w-3-c-games/) community.

**Gamedev.js Jam 2021** on Itch.io again, most probably with **Web Monetization**.

**Gamedev.js Meetup(s)** online, but in English.

New backend for [js13kGames](https://js13kgames.com/), maybe an online t-shirt shop (finally), and some extra materials, since it’s going to be a tenth edition.