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User friendly web games
- merelysounds 4y agoThe games have no ads, no dark patterns and require no registration. They just work, on both mobile and desktop. My website tries to be similarly user friendly and minimal. I’m hoping to capture the web 1.0 vibe of personal homepages, where people would put links to their favorite obscure online places. If you enjoy it, bookmark the page and visit every now and then. Also, maybe skip this post if you have a deadline today.
- lucasmullens 4y agoThe first game I opened (Saloon Panic) has ads and isn't mobile friendly.
- snake_case 4y agoNice collection, thanks for putting this together! I was thinking of submitting my jigsaw site Puzzle Panda [1] if it fits the requirements. Registration is not necessary and there’s no ads. [1]: https://puzzlepanda.com https://puzzlepanda.com
- merelysounds 4y agoThis looks fun! One question, your terms mention payments, but I couldn't find any paid content in my short session. What is the business model? Is there a pricing page?
- snake_case 4y agoGood question and sorry for the confusion! I originally launched with an optional paid tier which I have since removed. Currently there is no business model. I happily run this at a loss as my costs are very low.
- all2 4y agoA bit of feedback: please don't rotate the puzzle piece for me! A huge part of sorting out where a piece goes is figuring out its orientation in space and if you tell em automatically, I miss out on that whole part of the process, and suddenly all the pieces are sorted for me.
- snake_case 4y agoGreat feedback, others have mentioned this as well! I’ll try to add this as an option soon.
- pilaf 4y ago> The games have no ads, no dark patterns and require no registration. They just work, on both mobile and desktop. Except for mobile support, WebLiero [1] matches those criteria. It's a multiplayer clone of a DOS classic indie game (Liero). It requires getting familiar with controls and other players to be online to play though. Full disclosure: I'm a contributor. [1] https://www.webliero.com https://www.webliero.com
- merelysounds 4y agoThanks! I have a couple of games that I like which also miss mobile support, I'll have to add a desktop only category one day and show it for people visiting on desktop.
- valenaut 4y agoWow, thank you for sharing WebLiero. I haven't played that game in ages--so excited to try it out.
- bigthymer 4y agopounce.sh Not my game but recently announced on HN.
- dtagames 4y agoThank you for the opportunity to submit! We need something like this as it's hard to distinguish commercial games and ones that require downloads from those that aren't and don't! I submitted my two inventions, Hexxed[0] and Mathtown Alley[1]. [0] https://hexxedgame.com https://hexxedgame.com [1] https://makecode.com/_T6tJRFfsaTRW https://makecode.com/_T6tJRFfsaTRW
- jjbinx007 4y agoI've found these to also be pretty good, and work with mobile or desktop: https://gamesnacks.com/ https://gamesnacks.com/
- dfxm12 4y agoThe old Orisinal Games by Ferry Halim would fit perfectly into this category, but unfortunately, they died along with Flash Player (AFAIK - I'd love to learn otherwise).
- SamBam 4y agoDamn, that reminds me. Wow, I adored Orisinal Games back in the day. Did the creator make anything else?
- seanplusplus 4y agoThis is great! I just added my little trivia game to the list using the Google Form https://trivia-16.vercel.app/ https://trivia-16.vercel.app/
- alfonmga 4y agoI recently have enjoyed playing Battleship [0]. [0]: http://en.battleship-game.org http://en.battleship-game.org
- maxwellito 4y agoI felt the urge to add a game I did : https://maxwellito.github.io/breaklock/ https://maxwellito.github.io/breaklock/ I find it amazing that there are still developers making little games without ads or shady practices behind, just for fun. But we need a good catalog to list them all.
- nightowl_games 4y agoWe just released a free web game. It has free to play monetization mechanics so maybe it doesnt fit into this category, but check it out, its highly polished and really fun: https://rocketbotroyale.winterpixel.io/ https://rocketbotroyale.winterpixel.io/
- poetril 4y agoI have really enjoyed the dev streams + YouTube videos. As someone learning Godot on the side it’s been very informative.
- nightowl_games 4y agoThanks for the feedback. I want to try to make my dev streams more interesting. It's pretty hard to look cool when your debugging some busted button. Check out this blog post if you liked the dev streams: https://blog.winterpixel.com/the-tech-stack-behind-a-wasm-and-webgl2-battle-royale https://blog.winterpixel.com/the-tech-stack-behind-a-wasm-an...
- lazypenguin 4y agoWell polished indeed!
- merelysounds 4y agoUnfortunately this doesn't feel like a good fit for this list, it's hard to put it into words but I'm looking for more lightweight, minimal and immediate games. Thank you for sending the link anyway, the game still looks very fun, I may download the mobile version later.
- ttty 4y agoFree to play, no registration, no install, no gimmicks, just pure game. Works on mobile and desktop. If you like multiplayer RTS games, try it out. It’s similar to the board game Risk, but real time and with planets. (You can play with your friends multiplayer) https://bitplanets.com/ https://bitplanets.com/
- simonebrunozzi 4y agoWould it make sense to add A Dark Room? [0] [0]: https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/ https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/
- merelysounds 4y agoA Dark Room is an idle/clicker game, so far I intentionally avoided this genere, I was looking for something more appropriate for short gaming sessions and also something less casual. I also find these games too addictive and not relaxing enough; perhaps the clicker game genre didn't click for me... What do others think, do you enjoy idle/clicker games? Do you return to them often?
- km3r 4y agothe idle/clicker genre is full of games that use ads, IAPs, and dark patterns. A curated list that avoids those would be nice, although they are a little more addicting and designed for longer play than the other games on your list.
- simplify 4y agoAlso see https://quickparty.games https://quickparty.games for the multiplayer version.
- seiferteric 4y agoComing back from Hawaii I was playing a solitaire on the in flight entertainment system and it was terribly buggy and hard to use and I was thinking I could do better than this! So I started writing one on the plane. I have not made any games in many years (decades actually) but it was a fun experience and I used it as an opportunity to try out webasm/emscripten which was pretty easy to get working actually. It is here: https://github.com/seiferteric/JustSolitaire https://github.com/seiferteric/JustSolitaire and playable in the browser here: https://eric.seifert.casa/solitaire/ https://eric.seifert.casa/solitaire/
- reidjs 4y agoI don't know if I was playing solitaire incorrectly, but I think there may be a bug when moving cards along the "tableau" piles - I can't move cards of the same suit. for example 5 hearts onto 6 hearts on a tableau pile. Is this against the rules?
- seiferteric 4y agothe piles on top or bottom? On top you move cards of the same suite in ascending order, starting with Ace, 2, 3 etc. On bottom only color matters and you go in descending order. I kept dealing until I had a 5 and 6 of hearts in the bottom piles and I am not able to move one on top of the other so I don't see a problem, but there may be bugs!
- JKCalhoun 4y agoYou're supposed to alternate colors on the tableau in the traditional Klondike solitaire.
- reidjs 4y agoGot it, didn’t know that!
- dorianmariefr 4y agoNice, I lost but nice :), also maybe a loading screen would help
- omoikane 4y agoI would also recommend Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/ Which is playable on the web and also has been ported to various platforms.
- merelysounds 4y agoThanks for the link, this is an amazing list! I especially like the "Map", though I haven't checked all of them yet; I'll make sure to do that later. Unfortunately these not always work on mobile; I'll have to add a "desktop only" section one day.
- kej 4y agoThere are native mobile versions of those games linked near the bottom of the page, too.
- lelandbatey 4y agoIndeed, and in case someone wants to access them directly, here are some more direct links: - Simon Tatham's Puzzles on Google Play for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chr... - Simon Tatham's Puzzles on Apple store for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simon-tathams-portable-puzzle/id622220631?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simon-tathams-portable-puzzl...
- iamthirsty 4y agoGive Lichess some love. Absolutely my favorite.
- donbrae 4y agoSubmitted my game https://www.tripodsgame.com https://www.tripodsgame.com. Nae registration, ads or dark patterns; works on mobile and desktop.
- knyt 4y agoWould you want to include some word games such as my Changelist game (Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31160447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31160447 / https://changelist.rocks/ https://changelist.rocks/)?
- netghost 4y agoIf so, I have a similar game as well Lexery! https://adamsanderson.github.io/lexery-js/ https://adamsanderson.github.io/lexery-js/
- merelysounds 4y agoThis looks like a daily game, which is not what I’m after at the moment. I wanted to list games that put the user in control as much as possible. I would add it if the user could go through different challenges at their own pace. Still, this is looks like a really fun game; nicely done!
- knyt 4y agoI'm considering adding an "unlimited" bank of puzzles that you can play once you've solved the daily games (or instead of the dailies). I'll let you know if I do!
- outsidetheparty 4y agoI like this! Thanks for sharing it! ("Quantum childminding" is hard yo -- the park level has me completely stumped)
- oliwary 4y agoLove this! Such a fun and immediate way to build and play games. I submitted https://squareword.org https://squareword.org , my daily word game in two dimensions, which works like a combination of Wordle, Sudoku and crosswords. No ads or registration.
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- jonplackett 4y agoIs it just my eyes or this link / background combination really difficult to read?
- bsuvc 4y agoIt's not just your eyes. My vision is usually pretty good, but it is hard to read the dark text on dark background.
- artvinn 4y agoCool idea! Submitted my game https://classic-mahjong.com/ https://classic-mahjong.com/ It's a classic version of mahjong with pretty design and 100 layouts.
- name9607896 4y agoTagPro https://tagpro.koalabeast.com/ https://tagpro.koalabeast.com/
- geocrasher 4y agoI have spent WAY too much time playing orb.farm already. Thank you for a great list.
- shiburizu 4y agoSuggesting Tough Love Arena: https://toughlovearena.com https://toughlovearena.com Brilliantly simple fighting game that runs in the browser with online and offline features.
- mattbee 4y agoQuantum Childminding is too real.
- POiNTx 4y agohttps://geoquest.wout.space/ https://geoquest.wout.space/
- jgtrosh 4y agoThanks for sharing, since yesterday I practised and I finally got all achievements
- greggman3 4y agoI posted this recently https://greggman.github.io/rockfall/ https://greggman.github.io/rockfall/ It's a kind of clone of the early 80s game, "Boulderdash". My friend, John Alvarado, wrote the original clone in Action! on the Atari 800 in the early 80s when we were in high school. Because the core code is pretty small I've ported it multiple times (PC, Gameboy, some 2004 java based feature phone) So recently I ported it to JavaScript and I found it fun to play for a while. I added level import via Tiled, and made a few levels. So far its more playable on laptops/desktops with keyboard or joypad. I'm not sure if it can be made playable on mobile as it requires relatively precise movements so it's much more difficult with touch controls but it can still be a fun challenge on mobile
- Jyaif 4y agoSquirts is quite excellent.
- kaesve 4y agoI recently put up https://neonarcade.games https://neonarcade.games where I put my own hobby project games; an astroid-like game, infinite hexagonal minesweeper, and a game where you have to play two arcade classics at the same time. There are a few more games in the pipeline that should be added soon. They are not of the highest quality, but I continue to work on them. They are all built from scratch with only a (my own) math library that I reuse. If something's broken and you bug me about it, I should fix it soon. Same story for adding mobile support where it's not there yet. I decided I am not going to do ads or tracking. I have fun making these, so I just hope someone else can have fun playing. There might still be some google font references, but I'm planning to take those out too. The same should go for https://masterpieces.app https://masterpieces.app, where you can do jigsaws with the Rijksmuseum collection.
- memalign 4y agoI had a lot of fun checking these out today! I’m not sure if PICO-8 games would fit with this list, but there are a lot of fun quick ones such as: Snowfight: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=mb_advent2019 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=mb_advent2019 Sonic16x16: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=97365 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=97365 U Dead: https://eggnog.itch.io/u-dead https://eggnog.itch.io/u-dead And several others (I have a curated list here[1]). They work on mobile and desktop, don’t require registration, etc. But maybe you wouldn’t want the list to get overwhelmed with PICO-8 games. [1] https://memalign.github.io/p/pico8.html https://memalign.github.io/p/pico8.html