Spicy Yoghurt

All about game development

Spicy Yoghurt is a multimedia studio who develops casual games and other creative content. You can also find great tutorials on game development here, ranging from game programming to vector graphics.


Currently, Spicy Yoghurt is fueled solely by spare time and coffee, so every bit of support is appreciated. Please help to keep this studio going by playing and sharing!

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Casual games

Casual games

Enjoy playing our homemade games
Tutorials

Tutorials

Learn everything you need to know about game development
Multimedia

Development Tools

Apply tools that make game development easier

Recent projects

Free pen brushes for Affinity Designer

Available for download

Create your own pen art on a digital canvas, by using these high resolution pen brushes.

Pixi Pop

Casual game, ready to play

Pop your way through a magical forest and save the day, in this casual action game. Defeat challenging bosses and unlock new skills to become the most powerful Pixi of them all!

Animation Tool

Easing functions made easy

Eased motions are a great way to spicy up your animations. Use this tool to visualise easing functions and make your animations come to life.

Vector drawing tutorials

Drawing vectors with Inkscape

Learn how to draw your own vector graphics. Get familiar with the free drawing software Inkscape and create your own masterpieces.

Create your own HTML5 game

Get started with this tutorial series

Learn how to create your own game in HTML5 and JavaScript. Follow this tutorial series and get to know about all the core principles of creating a game.

Create life on the canvas

With Conway's Game of Life

Follow this tutorial to create the famous Game of Life on the canvas and see how each of your generations evolve.

Folder Compare

Spot the differences between folders

Compare two folders and see right away which files were added, changed or removed. Handy for checking your builds, backups and asset folders.

Scribble

Free to-do list and notes app

Keep your to-dos, notes and plans for the week in one calm place. Use it in your browser or install it on your phone, no account needed.

Try new tutorials

Prepare a blank canvas
HTML5 game | 13 October 2026

Set up an HTML5 canvas game

Set up an HTML5 canvas for your game with JavaScript. Learn how to scale the canvas to fit any screen, without blurry graphics. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a canvas template to start every game with, and your first graphics on the screen.

HTML5 game development tutorials
HTML5 game | 13 October 2026

How to make an HTML5 game

Learn how to make an HTML5 game with JavaScript, step by step and for free. Find out how a browser game works, what you need to get started and when a game engine helps. Then follow the series and build each part of your own game.

A looping in a roller coaster
HTML5 game | 12 October 2026

Create a proper JavaScript game loop

Build a smooth JavaScript game loop for the canvas with requestAnimationFrame. Learn delta time and a fixed timestep, and measure fps with live demos. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a complete game loop ready to use in your own game.

A motion blur
HTML5 game | 11 October 2026

Create a smooth canvas animation

Create a smooth canvas animation with JavaScript. Learn how to clear the canvas, add motion trails and easing, and keep it sharp on every screen. By the end of this tutorial, you can create a basic animation with the use JavaScript.

Draw on a canvas
HTML5 game | 11 October 2026

Draw lines, shapes and text

Draw lines, shapes, curves, paths and text on the HTML5 canvas with JavaScript. Try every example in the live playground and save your drawing as an image. By the end of this tutorial, you can draw your own game graphics and text, with colors, gradients and shadows.

Create Conway's Game of Life on the HTML5 canvas
JavaScript | 25 January 2024

Create Conway's Game of Life in JavaScript

Learn how to create Conway's Game of Life on the HTML5 canvas with JavaScript. Implement the game rules and check which cells will live or die each generation, to create your own simulation of life!

News and updates

Scribble to-do list app on desktop and mobile
Spicy Yoghurt | 26 September 2026

Meet Scribble, our free to-do list and notes app

Meet Scribble, a free to-do list and notes app by Spicy Yoghurt. Plan your days, keep notes for your projects and take it all with you on your phone. There's no account to create, and everything you write stays on your own device.

Folder Compare by Spicy Yoghurt
Spicy Yoghurt | 29 August 2026

Compare folders and files right in your browser

Spicy Yoghurt has a new tool: Folder Compare. Point it at two folders and see straight away which files were added, changed or removed. Everything runs inside your browser, so none of your files ever leave your laptop.

Pixi Pop now playable in your browser
Spicy Yoghurt | 22 August 2026

Pixi Pop is now playable in your browser

Pixi Pop has been ported to the web! This classic Spicy Yoghurt game is now playable straight from your browser. No app store is needed, just open a tab and start popping.

Free Affinity Designer pen brushes
Spicy Yoghurt | 19 June 2021

Free download - New pen brushes for Affinity Designer

Spicy Yoghurt released its first brush pack for Affinity Designer. And the good news is, it's available as free download. With these pen brushes you can draw like you would with a pen, on a digital canvas. You can try them now!

Vector art with Affinity Designer
Spicy Yoghurt | 6 June 2020

Hello Affinity Designer, goodbye Inkscape?

Not too long ago Spicy Yoghurt wrote about the good and the bad of the Inkscape v1.0 beta version. The open source vector drawing software is now out of beta and officially released to the public. It made decent progress, but was it enough to stay our favorite drawing software?

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