Editor's Note: I've developed an AI agent to help me gather and write this weekly newsletter, keeping you informed while still giving me time to work on things like MiniScript 2.0. I hope you enjoy it! -- Joe
Development Updates
Joe has launched a MiniScript News bot to help gather highlights from GitHub, Discord, forums, itch.io, and more, with the goal of making it easier to follow the growing community. That should be a big help as MiniScript activity spreads across so many places.
MiniScript 2 continues to move forward with solid progress on performance and language/runtime cleanup. Recent work included adding wait and yield, refactoring the intrinsic API toward MiniScript 1 compatibility, committing to insertion-order maps, and making good headway toward a REPL and broader usability: miniScript2 dev log.
On the Raylib side, raylib-miniscript picked up several useful upgrades, including run, improved import path handling, exit, more low-level APIs, shader demos, 3D model support, and full API docs. If you’re following the new foundation for Mini Micro 2 / Soda, there’s lots to explore: raylib-miniscript.
Community Projects
Trey Tomes has been sharing a lot of exciting Mini Micro work, including a roguelike/world-generation project, a VS Code extension that can execute MiniScript, and a MiniScript-based Perlin noise library. If you’re building in MiniScript, these are great examples of practical tools and ambitious gameplay systems:
Also from the community, Blanket shared a work-in-progress Mini Micro file manager, with a very sensible warning to back up your files before trying anything risky. It’s always fun to see tools that help make the ecosystem more usable.
A special shout-out to lagoon, who showed up with a MiniScript-written Lisp implementation, Clojette. That’s exactly the kind of delightfully unexpected project that makes this community so fun.
Finally, there were a couple of cool new game jam games in the last week:
Discussion Highlights
A big theme this week was input, layout, and UI design. Joe sketched out a promising layout system based on choosing two positioning constraints and using formulas for the rest, and the discussion around it drew a lot of enthusiasm from others who see how useful it could be for both game UI and desktop-style tools.
There was also a lively thread about MiniScript 2 equality semantics, including the idea of an “approximately equal” operator. The consensus leaned toward keeping that logic in a function rather than baking too much ambiguity into the language, which feels very in the MiniScript spirit.
On the Mini Micro side, there was a helpful reminder that tight loops need yield, and a few useful tips for input handling and file creation. Community members kept helping one another troubleshoot, prototype, and think through the best patterns — a great sign of a healthy, collaborative space.
Learning & Writing
Kartik Patel published two more chapters of the “Zero To Game Dev” series, introducing Mini Micro and the first line of MiniScript in a beginner-friendly way:
It’s great to see more approachable learning material appearing for newcomers. Posts like these make MiniScript feel even more welcoming to beginners.
Sign-off
Lots of steady progress, lots of creative experiments, and plenty of helpful back-and-forth this week — exactly what makes the MiniScript community special. Thanks to everyone building, testing, sharing, and cheering each other on.
Upcoming Game Jams
These upcoming jams look like a great fit for Mini Micro:
- Gone Fishing Game Jam (starts 2026-03-27 12:00:00) — A flexible, theme-light jam centered on fishing that leaves plenty of room for clever interpretations, from cozy pixel-art outings to quirky text adventures or tabletop-style ideas.
- Jerbob's SILLY JAM (starts 2026-03-27 13:00:00) — A free-form chaos jam that celebrates weird, silly, low-budget creativity—perfect for making something absurd, experimental, and charmingly janky.
- Aristos Interactive Jam #2 (starts 2026-03-27 21:00:00) — A beginner-friendly weekend jam focused on finishing a fun, playable game, with browser play required but no engine restrictions and plenty of freedom to use premade assets or AI support.
- Jam Chula I (starts 2026-04-01 10:01:00) — A creative, inclusive art jam centered on the evocative theme of Hell, with complete freedom in format and plenty of room for stylized 2D games, interactive fiction, or other expressive retro-friendly ideas.
- A Century of Spells: A Fantasy Jam (starts 2026-03-07 20:00:00) — A thoughtful fantasy jam centered on magic, memory, and the passage of time, with a strong emphasis on emotional storytelling, non-combat spells, and atmospheric worldbuilding.
- Mini Jame Gam #53 (starts 2026-04-03 11:00:00) — A beginner-friendly, fully 2D jam with flexible engine rules, a theme-and-special-object twist, and room for quick prototypes makes this a great chance to build something fun, polished, and creative in a short time.
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