Frank Force is a programmer and game developer based in Austin Texas. He has worked at studios including Rooster Teeth, Certain Affinity, Volition, and Midway Games, and also has independently released a large catalog of games and tools. He is the creator of the open source LittleJS game engine and ZzFX sound effects generator.
Frank has extensive programming experience in C++ and other languages, but is also known for JavaScript size coding and generative art. He is a master of size coding and has published over 1,000 tiny JavaScript demos. He has received considerable recognition for his work incuding winning Best Illusion of the Year 2019 with a JavaScript program.
When not making games, he enjoys cooking, gardening, learning Italian, playing guitar, and working on his house, where he lives with his wife and cat.
Featured Projects
- LittleJS Engine - Tiny fast open source HTML5 game engine demos
- LittleJS Arcade - A collection of 50+ classic arcade style games made with LittleJS app
- The Gateless Gate 3D - An interactive edition of the Mumonkan, in your browser app
- Cosmodial Sky Atlas - Night sky explorer and star map app
- ZzFX Sound Effect Generator - Open source JavaScript Sound FX System editor
- JSONCrush - Compress JSON into URL friendly strings demo
- ZzArt - Abstract Art Evolution - Generate abstract art by evolving GLSL shaders demo
- Tiny Code Experiments - Programs with very small source code
- Lentando - Private habit and substance tracker app
Featured Games
- Driven Wild - Procedural arcade driving game source
- Space Huggers - Run and gun platformer roguelike source writeup
- L1TTL3 PAWS - Physics based cat sliding game source
- Bounce Back - Retro boomerang roguelite adventure source writeup
- Bogus Roads - Lowrez Retrowave Racing music
- Undergrowth: A Tale From O Monolith – Promo game for the band Squid
Featured Talks
- JavaScript Haikus – Live at Nerd Nite Austin 2024
- Making Awesome Games with LittleJS – JS GameDev Summit 2022
- Artist Spotlight: Frank Force – Interview with 256Art 2023
- How to Make a Game in 48 Hours – Live at MAGFest 2015
- How to Make a Game in 48 Hours Revisited – Live at MAGFest 2018
- Make a city sunset with JavaScript in only 140 Bytes - Self Published 2020