{"id":111546,"date":"2020-04-14T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=234a197e-2f71-4048-992d-6cb1e446a382"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:48:24","slug":"pixelbox-js-game-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/pixelbox-js-game-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixelbox.js Game Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pixelbox is a brand new all-in-one 2D game engine perfect for game jams or other small projects.&nbsp; Combining an easy to use JavaScript API with a complete set of editing tools including a map editor, sprite tools, palette tools, sound FX and music tools in a single &gt;60MB download.&nbsp; Pixelbox is open source under the MIT license.<\/p>\n<p>Documentation for Pixelbox coding is available <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cstoquer\/pixelbox\">on the GitHub page<\/a>.&nbsp; There is also a beginners tutorial available <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/t\/744752\/beginner-tutorial\">over on Itch.io<\/a>.&nbsp; Pixelbox also includes a stand alone music tracker application called <a href=\"https:\/\/pixwlk.itch.io\/pata-tracker\">Pata Tracker<\/a>, documentation for which is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1mTUyJKgCnPrAW4-Xsgd_TdmXEHdQN7KC0_6DX-G8MSc\/edit\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pixelbox is available for download on Windows and MacOS <a href=\"https:\/\/pixwlk.itch.io\/pixelbox\">right here<\/a>.&nbsp; Since it is an electron application, it should be possible to build a Linux install, but no binaries are currently provided.&nbsp; You can learn more about Pixelbox in the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qidi6r3MNZU\">video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qidi6r3MNZU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"under\"> <span class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/category\/GameDev-News.aspx\">GameDev News<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/Engine\" rel=\"tag\">Engine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/2D\" rel=\"tag\">2D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/JavaScript\" rel=\"tag\">JavaScript<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <!--\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!- - google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5156240514307514\"; \/* GFS 720 Post above Comments *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5626844176\"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; \/\/- ->\n<\/script>\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixelbox is a brand new all-in-one 2D game engine perfect for game jams or other small projects.&nbsp; Combining an easy to use JavaScript API with a complete set of editing tools including a map editor, sprite tools, palette tools, sound FX and music tools in a single &gt;60MB download.&nbsp; Pixelbox is open source under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-111546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-development","tag-gamedev-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}