October 2023 on Glitch: Slow and Steady
Sometimes slow and steady does win the race. Especially when it comes to good news. This October, conservationists discovered that for the first time in eleven years, the white rhino population in Africa has finally increased! In fact, their overall population increased by 5.6% in the last two years. What does this mean for the Glitch community? Hopefully it takes a little pressure off to create the perfect project the first time around, or even seventh time.
Speaking of building projects, in case you missed it, we’ve been building a new Glitch with you—the creator community—over in our community forum. Head over there to get a sneak peek at the new site preview.glitch.com, give feedback on ideas, or make your suggestions. We’re building the next iteration of the site, and the community, together!
In other big news from October, our pals at Paradowski Creative, makers of Above Par-adowski (your favorite virtual mini-golf game), released their next big game this month: The Escape Artist. It’s hosted on Glitch, and accessible via your preferred VR headset, so check it out! A preview of their beautiful work is what you see above in the header image.
Lastly, this month we kicked off a community initiative we’ve been wanting to do for forever: Glitch Community Code Jams! Head to the forum to find out what jams are, and how you can participate. Now, for the good stuff—the projects the Glitch community built in October 2023!
~artistic-concise-zebu by @aieong is a cat-centric virtual experience integrating so many of the things we love: music, pastels, flying playing cards and more.
World of WebXR 🥽
- ~artwalk22 created by @emmettbaber is a virtual (and Android compatible) WebXR experience of the Eugene ArtWalk from 2022.
- ~star-languid-fahrenheit by @dmarcos shows what happens when you load Gaussian splattings on a single line of HTML (it’s pretty cool!)
- ~polished-foggy-wilderness by @marwie is another demo showing the Blender to web workflow with Needle Engine (watch the video here!)
- Don’t stare at ~rainbowphenakistiscope by @blippypixel for too long, it made me dizzy pretty quick.
Guess as many London Underground metro stations as you can, with this guessing game created by our Fastly friend [@kailanblanks](https://glitch.com/@kailanblanks).
Tykes, Types, and Yikes! 🍕
- ~random-horror-movie by @cfjedimaster helped a lot of people find the perfect scary movie during spooky season
- ~london-underground-stations by @mapsmania is the original Tube Guesser game, inspiring the one Kailan created!
- ~pepperoni by @angstr.m is a cool web font that is generated in the browser.
- ~babypi by @kfarr was inspired by Early Games and uses a Raspberry Pi to create a simple learning game for the youngest of youngsters. Check out the two-part tutorial to build your own!
CONTENT WARNING: The next section includes important tools that are used for activism, including one that documents sexual assault, and one with images of a 3D printed nude bust.
~violenciacontramujeres-yanipaper created by @YaNiPaper is an interactive map that geolocates the points where there was a sexual assault or femicide documented since 2018 in the city of Guadalajara.
Tools that Matter 💪
- ~dbn by @LingDong- is a browser-based version Design By Numbers, the predecessor to Processing.js.
- ~ai-training created by @denzelsedwards, @AndyForest, and @becherachapman walks you through the steps of training an AI program with Micro:bit.
- Need a Mastodon Oauth2 workflow that works with Python and Flask? @macgill has you covered with ~mastodon-oauth-python-flask!
- ~becoming-real by @arit007 is a PatriotHacks project that wonders what a digital self could look like using 3D printing. Good inspiration for our “self portrait” code jam!
The SAG-AFTRA strike is over, so to celebrate, here is a virtual Timotheé Chalamet paper doll, created by @kris10cabrera. We’ll let you know if we find a Pedro Pascal one.
Fun and Games 👾
- ~traveling-alike-aunt by @stejeda is a choose your own adventure-style story that takes you through the phases of aging.
- ~infinethum-ephemeral by @sheIby generates brand new art with the click of a button.
- ~heartbreak-cards by @n.hieda is a collection of autobiographical collectors’ cards, created during a 24-hour period in August 2023.
- And finally, ~christmasheardle for 2023, created by @russellc is now live!
And that’s a wrap on another amazing month for the Glitch community! Follow us across the open social web 🌐
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