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Browser games made to my tastes.

Game development studio offering browser, mobile-friendly games to my specific tastes. They're free to play right here. I like to make browser games as experiments, chasing the games I wish existed, using every modern tool in the book.

All games are in alpha. We're seeking user feedback while we shape the games and replace filler assets on the way to 1.0 quality, one day!

Play Hockey Bucks

Start hereHockey BucksSports · Arcade · 3D · 1–2 hours, 3–6 min a match

The games

Sports · Arcade · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Ages 10+
  • Flashes capped
  • Cartoon violence
  • Kid mode

Arcade hockey on one button: shoot, check or pass. Take the Yinzburgh Pickpockets through ten rinks, steal gear, win the Pierogi Cup. Local two-player.

Runner · Platformer · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Everyone
  • Cartoon hazards
  • Blinking and shake
  • Comfort mode

One-button runner: tap to jump, hold to sploot under logs. Scrap, a chihuahua in a mech, runs three glowing jungle stages. A perfect run needs every loot shard.

Dungeon crawl · Deckbuilder · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Ages 10+
  • Flashes capped
  • Cartoon violence
  • Kid mode

A work laptop escapes the inside of a PC in first person and card-battles coworkers. Five floors, two laptops, ten Escalation levels. About an hour a run.

Horror · Puzzle · 3DKeyboard and mousePhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Ages 10+
  • Eerie, no jump scares
  • Flickering lights
  • No violence

Night-shift IT in an empty office, first person. Install gear at each seat, pocket what you find, scan for what changed. Four floors, 51 endings, no combat.

Dungeon crawl · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Ages 10+
  • Fantasy combat
  • Dark dungeon

First-person dungeon crawl as a dog: bite, bark, sniff out the way. Eight floors of the dream Saucy has before Saucy Skies. Losing just wakes you up.

Action · Soulslike · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Teen
  • Cartoon melee
  • Dark humor
  • Kid mode

Third-person Souls-lite: roll, parry or ward when enemies glow red. Nick and Ben walk New Brittle for cash, across two acts. Little Hobo mode is for kids.

Shooter · Horror · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Mature
  • Blood and gore
  • Cosmic horror
  • Screen flashes

Fast first-person shooter on a mapped Connecticut shore at night. Eleven levels of lock-in fights, a UV flashlight, a dog on the missing boat. Gory.

JRPG · 2DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Everyone
  • Cartoon battles
  • Kid mode

A dog, a window and eight chapters of sky-pirate JRPG, for phones in landscape and controllers. Turn-based fights with AUTO, and a Story mode for small kids.

Brawler · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Everyone
  • Cartoon violence
  • Local multiplayer

Party brawler on a floating meadow: gnomes and dwarves throw mineral stones, three shards make you a geode giant. One to four players or bots. ~4 min a match.

Music · 3DKeyboard and mouseGamepadPhone and tablet
  • Suggested audience: Everyone
  • Strobe / flashing
  • Optional mic & MIDI

69 music visualizers that move to a demo track, your mic, a file or a 70-sound synth you play. A lane-rhythm game sits on top. Fast strobe is opt-in.

Keyboard shortcuts

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Search the games
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Open a random game (from the list you are looking at)
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Play on prod, qa or dev builds
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Theme: dark, light or system
Arrow keys
Move between the cards
Controller
D-pad moves, A opens, B back to the top, Y random game
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