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Pinboard Popular

pinboard.in

Pinboard is an actively maintained, independent bookmarking service with strong community curation. It embodies the indie web philosophy and surfaces quality human-curated content rather than algorithmic feeds. The site emphasizes browsing for discovery, has minimal corporate influence, and features genuinely interesting links from independent creators, researchers, and technical communities.

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Checkbox Race

checkboxrace.com

Playful multiplayer game where you race by checking boxes. A delightful example of creative constraint and playful web design.

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Hackers (1995) - Animated Experience

hackers-1995.vercel.app

An immersive WebGL-powered tribute to the 1995 cult film Hackers. Created by David Vidovic, this interactive experience features stunning 3D animations, the iconic soundtrack, and captures the aesthetic of 90s hacker culture and cyberpunk design.

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Red Blob Games

simblob.blogspot.com

Amit Patel's interactive tutorials on pathfinding, map generation, and game algorithms.

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Chronophoto

chronophoto.app

Guess when photos were taken. Historical photo dating game.

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NES Homebrew

neshomebrew.com

New games for the NES. Modern creations for classic hardware.

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choiceofgames.com

Choice of Games

choiceofgames.com

Publisher of choice-based interactive novels. ChoiceScript engine and hosted games.

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Failbetter Games

failbettergames.com

Creators of Fallen London. Narrative games with exceptional writing.

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itch.io Physical Games

itch.io

Indie tabletop games. Zine RPGs, solo games, and experimental designs.

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

cataclysmdda.org

Open source survival roguelike. Post-apocalyptic simulation with incredible depth.

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doomrl.chaosforge.org

DoomRL / Jupiter Hell

doomrl.chaosforge.org

Doom-themed roguelike. Fast-paced tactical combat with procedural levels.

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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

crawl.develz.org

Open source roguelike. Play online, download, or contribute to development.

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Fabien Sanglard

fabiensanglard.net

Game engine deep dives. Code reviews of Doom, Quake, and other legendary engines.

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eieio.games

eieio.games

Nolen Royalty's game experiments. Creator of One Million Checkboxes and other delightful web toys.

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Kern Type

type.method.ac

A kerning game. Drag letters to achieve perfect spacing. Fun way to train your typographic eye.

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oimo.io

oimo.io

Beautiful interactive web experiments. Includes Bubbles and an infinitely zoomable Game of Life.

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2048

gabrielecirulli.github.io

The addictive sliding number puzzle game that took the internet by storm. Simple, elegant, endlessly replayable.

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dogbunnypuzzle.com

Dog Bunny Puzzle

dogbunnypuzzle.com

A new type of puzzle game that went viral on HN. Simple rules, surprisingly deep gameplay.

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Airmash

airma.sh

Multiplayer aerial combat HTML5 game. Fast-paced missile warfare in the browser.

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Almost Pong

lessmilk.com

Minimalist take on Pong with a twist. Part of a series of one-game-per-week experiments.

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Tiny Planet Messenger

messenger.abeto.co

WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet. Beautiful aesthetic, relaxing gameplay.

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newgrounds.com

Newgrounds

newgrounds.com

Indie games, animation, and art since 1995. Where Flash games lived.

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Awesome Games

github.com

List of open source games. Play and learn from game source code across all genres.

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Awesome Open Source Games

github.com

Curated list of open source games organized by genre. From FPS to puzzle games.

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Philome.la

philome.la

Free hosting for Twine interactive fiction. Many mental health and personal story games.

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Project Euler

projecteuler.net

Challenging mathematical/programming problems. 800+ problems requiring code and math.

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Kongregate

kongregate.com

Free browser games. Thousands of indie games playable instantly.

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js13kGames

js13kgames.com

JavaScript games in 13KB or less. Annual competition pushing constraints.

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PICO-8 BBS

lexaloffle.com

PICO-8 game community. Thousands of tiny games with source code.

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Glorious Trainwrecks

glorioustrainwrecks.com

Celebrate messy, creative game-making. Game jams and experimental games.

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BoardGameGeek

boardgamegeek.com

The definitive board game database. Reviews, rankings, and community.

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RPGGeek

rpggeek.com

Tabletop RPG database and community. D&D, Pathfinder, and thousands more.

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Game Jolt

gamejolt.com

Platform for indie games and game jams. Discover weird, wonderful games from independent developers.

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PICO-8

lexaloffle.com

Fantasy console for making, sharing, and playing tiny games. Strict limitations spark creativity.

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PuzzleScript

puzzlescript.net

Open-source puzzle game engine. Make Sokoban-like games with a simple scripting language.

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Bitsy

bitsy.org

Tiny game maker for tiny games. Create small narrative experiences with simple pixel art.

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GeoGuessr

geoguessr.com

Geography guessing game. Drop into Street View and figure out where in the world you are.

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Factorio

factorio.com

Factory building game with fanatical attention to detail. Build and optimize automated production chains.

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tixy.land

tixy.land

Creative code golfing. Write a function to control a 16x16 grid of dots. Minimalist creative coding playground.

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Internet Archive Software Library

archive.org

Thousands of old programs, games, and operating systems playable in your browser. Computing history preserved.

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Windows 93

windows93.net

Fictional operating system that never was. Art project, game collection, and absurdist software.

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Foldit

fold.it

Protein folding game. Play to help scientists understand diseases.

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ScummVM

scummvm.org

Run classic adventure games on modern hardware. LucasArts, Sierra, and hundreds more preserved and playable.

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Monkeytype

monkeytype.com

Minimalist typing test. Track your speed, practice with custom texts, compete with others.

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RetroGames

retrogames.cz

Retro gaming database. Information on classic games and consoles.

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The Useless Web

theuselessweb.com

Button that takes you to random useless websites. Celebrate the weird, creative, pointless corners of the internet.

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Hundred Rabbits

100r.co

A small studio aboard a sailboat making open source tools, games, and documenting off-grid creative computing.

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Nicky Case

ncase.me

Interactive explorable explanations of complex topics. Game theory, anxiety, social networks visualized.

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Neal.fun

neal.fun

Collection of delightful interactive experiences. Spend Bill Gates' money, explore the deep sea, draw perfect circles.

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itch.io

itch.io

Marketplace for independent games. Pay-what-you-want model, creator-friendly revenue split, vast catalog of experimental work.