Joel BesadainTictail - Behind the ScenesCode with Design — How we Built a Tool to Export React Prototypes from SketchEvery year, right before the holidays, we dedicate a week of our time at Tictail to do something that is not part of our normal work. We…7 min read·Jan 15, 2018--10--10
Joel BesadaSwang Development Log — Fixing Janky CollisionsAs mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been investigating and trying to fix an issue with janky collision handling with the physics engine…3 min read·Nov 5, 2017----
Joel BesadaSwang Development Log — Graphics & PhysicsThe game looks completely different now! Well, it might seem like a drastic change in style from before, but this is the aesthetic that…3 min read·Oct 14, 2017----
Joel BesadaSwang Development Log — MusicIn this post I’m going to be showing and talking about the three tracks that I’ve produced for Swang so far. But before I do that I have a…3 min read·May 31, 2017----
Joel BesadaSwang Development Log — Building Levels in SVGWhen building levels for Swang I’ve been using a little bit of a different toolset than what is commonly used in game development. I…4 min read·Apr 11, 2017----
Joel BesadaSwang Development Log — IntroThis is the first entry in a series of many updates to come for a video game that I’ve started working on in my free time. Before I delve…3 min read·Mar 28, 2017--1--1
Joel BesadainTictail - Behind the ScenesIntroducing Tide — Our React State Management LibraryWe’re happy to announce that our state management library for React apps, Tide, is now open sourced and available on NPM and GitHub.7 min read·Sep 13, 2016--6--6
Joel BesadainTictail - Behind the ScenesBounce.js: Smarter KeyframesI recently pushed an update to bouncejs.com to reduce the number of keyframes that the web tool generates. It turned out to be a fun little…5 min read·Mar 5, 2015--1--1
Joel BesadainTictail - Behind the ScenesGiving Animations LifeUsing Bounce.js and classical animation concepts to bring life to user interfaces.7 min read·Jun 24, 2014--2--2
Joel BesadaBuilding a Great Developer ExperienceWhat we did to make building a Tictail app a simple and exciting process.5 min read·May 15, 2014----