js1024

js1024

Annual JavaScript Golfing Competition

CLOSED. Starts on 1 July

About

Participants have 15 days to create a cool JavaScript or GLSL program in 1024 bytes or less.
Check out the rules and the existing demos for some cool examples.
Entry is free, so give it a try, it's really fun! >:)

• 1st of July - theme is announced, competition starts, submission form is open
• 15th of July - deadline!!! submission form is closed, you can rate other projects (15 Jul 5:00 PM UTC+00:00)
• 1st of August - no more ratings!
• a few days later - boom, the results are published and winners are announced

Press here if you want to be announced when it starts

Rules

• Your source code mustn't take up more than 1 KiB
• No malicious/harmful code allowed
• You're not allowed to extract personal data from users
• No external files allowed (external scripts and images will be automatically blocked)
• Do not share your private participant key. You will use it to rate other projects
• Upload a readable version (+ comments) of your code to help people understand it (optional)

I will analyze the code before making demos public in order to ascertain if they are safe.

How It Works

• Submit a project when the submission form is open
• Rate other people's projects using a secret key as proof of identity (only participants can rate other projects)
• The person with the highest rating in each category gets the fabled #1 place

Demo Categories & Shim Details

Classic Canvas Mode Download shim
• a = the canvas element
• b = the body element
• c = the 2d context
• d = the document element
• M = a bool that indicates if the user is on mobile
P5.js demo
• The p5js library will be used in your demo (p5.sound isn't included)
• You only need to submit the script (the setup(), draw() and the other stuff...)
• Check out the documentation: https://p5js.org/get-started/
 Shader demo Download shim
• Write your entry like a Shadertoy demo (WebGL1 / GLSL ES 1.0 only)
• Canvas is responsive but its ratio is fixed: 16/9
• Shader inputs: iResolution (w, h), iTime (float), iTimeDelta (float), iFrame (int), iMouse (x, y, clickx, clicky), iDate: float
No shim
• It's an empty HTML file, lol. You start from scratch. Anything is allowed (2d canvas, 3d, etc...)
Note: there was a p5js category in the past but I removed it to keep things balanced
Note: some chars take more than 1 byte: 2 bytes for chars U+80 to U+7FF, 3 bytes for chars U+800 to U+FFFF, 4 bytes for chars U+FFFF to U+10FFFF, when encoded in UTF-8

Code Minificators
(from js13kgames resources)

• Try Terser - a live version of the Terser ES6+ minifier
• babeljs - JS (ES2015/2016/2017) minifier based on Babili, choose your flavor in the "presets" dropdown
• GLSL Minifier
• Another shader minifier
• Packer - JavaScript compressor
• Roadroller - Flattens Your JavaScript Demo
• JavaScript Minifier - minify your JavaScript
• RegPack - self-contained packer for size-constrained JS code
• Closure Compiler - compile your code
• UglifyJS - JavaScript parser / mangler / compressor / beautifier
• Extreme Javascript minification - compression experiments
• miniMinifier - tiny (but super efficient) HTML and CSS minifiers
• Minify - a JavaScript and CSS minifier
• JSCompress - a compression tool for javascript
• ZPNG Minifier - in-browser jsExe
• int2binary2html - helps you to encode a long list of integers (0-255) in binary and embed it in your index.html
• Terser-online - a live version of the Terser ES6+ minifier, with extra compression options because every byte counts

Tutorials & Guides
(from js13kgames resources)

• TRICKS TO GOLF IN JAVASCRIPT
• StackExchange thread for javascript golfing tips
• js13kGames tutorial - How to make a text game with HTML5
• Getting started with HTML5 game development
• Tiny platformer
• Trigonometry cheat sheet
• How to support arrow keys, WASD and ZQSD keyboard inputs in just 56+ bytes of JS
• How to make games with CSS3D
• Procedurally Generated Dungeon Tutorial
• Creating simple music using the Web Audio API
• WebGL guide

Postmortems & Articles related to demos

• 1Keys - How to Make a Piano in only 1kb of JavaScript
• Batafuraiko - Winner of JS1024 2021
• Star Traveler Postmortem
• JavaScript Butterfly Sakura 1k Postmortem
• JavaScript Balloon 1k Postmortem
• Detective Moji postmortem: a javascript game in just 1024 bytes
• Professor Moji: a javascript educational game in just 1024 bytes
• JS1024: A post-mortem for Space Hopper 👾

Big thanks to our donors!

FireFalcom ♡ Frank Force ♡ Evan Hahn ♡ TGY ♡ xem ♡ Joey Twiddle ♡ Lewis Nakao ♡ Staś Małolepszy ♡ Raimon Ràfols ♡ nrkn ♡ lionleaf

JS1024 is made with ❤ by traian
contact: [email protected]