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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.

NES Homebrew neshomebrew.com

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

Choice of Games choiceofgames.com

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

Failbetter Games failbettergames.com

Creators of Fallen London. Narrative games with exceptional writing.

DoomRL / Jupiter Hell doomrl.chaosforge.org

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

Fabien Sanglard fabiensanglard.net

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

eieio.games eieio.games

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

Kern Type type.method.ac

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

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.

Dog Bunny Puzzle dogbunnypuzzle.com

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

Airmash airma.sh

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

Almost Pong lessmilk.com

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

Tiny Planet Messenger messenger.abeto.co

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

Newgrounds newgrounds.com

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

Awesome Games github.com

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

Philome.la philome.la

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

Project Euler projecteuler.net

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

Kongregate kongregate.com

Free browser games. Thousands of indie games playable instantly.

js13kGames js13kgames.com

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

PICO-8 BBS lexaloffle.com

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

Glorious Trainwrecks glorioustrainwrecks.com

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

BoardGameGeek boardgamegeek.com

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

RPGGeek rpggeek.com

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

Game Jolt gamejolt.com

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

PICO-8 lexaloffle.com

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

PuzzleScript puzzlescript.net

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

Bitsy bitsy.org

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

GeoGuessr geoguessr.com

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

Factorio factorio.com

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

tixy.land tixy.land

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

Windows 93 windows93.net

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

Foldit fold.it

Protein folding game. Play to help scientists understand diseases.

ScummVM scummvm.org

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

Monkeytype monkeytype.com

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

RetroGames retrogames.cz

Retro gaming database. Information on classic games and consoles.

The Useless Web theuselessweb.com

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

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.